Ten years have passed since football families in Ireland were given a very clear picture of just how cruel, callous, calculating, and downright racist the Israeli authorities could be when it came to the children of Palestine. Activists and clubs across Ireland had raised funds to bring some of the most talented young footballers in Gaza to Ireland and, for reasons best known to themselves, the Israeli authorities picked out one of the boys and decided he could not travel. The trip was delayed by three weeks and on the verge of being cancelled at one stage because of delays in obtaining permission to travel from the Israeli authorities, who controlled everything that entered and left Gaza in 2016. Eventually, […]
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