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New York Jets’ Oday Aboushi faces anti-Palestinian smears

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 07/11/2013 - 19:49

Football player Oday Aboushi, recently drafted to the New York Jets NFL team, is the target of an escalating media smear campaign to associate him with terrorism and extremism, apparently for no other reason than his Palestinian ancestry.

Video: Israeli fans chant “Death to the Arabs” and a Jewish player feels “loved” by his Palestinian team

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 02/01/2013 - 22:29

While fans of Israel’s Beitar chant “Death to the Arabs,” a Jewish player says he feels “loved” playing for a Palestinian team.

"In the name of sporting solidarity": Top European athletes call for Israel to release Mahmoud Sarsak

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Sat, 06/16/2012 - 14:32

Top European footballers, including Seville striker Frédéric Kanouté, call on Israel to free Mahmoud Sarsak as international concern mounts for the young Palestinian footballer’s life.

Women athletes break barriers inside and outside Gaza

Rami Almeghari
Gaza City
26 September 2011
A women’s tennis table team is set to leave Gaza for Jordan to participate in an international Arab table tennis tournament in October. The four-strong team is traveling for the first time since Israel imposed tightened closure measures on Gaza in 2007.

Film review: women footballers struggle to play (and win)

Michelle Gyeney
12 August 2011
Sawsan Qaoud documents how the idea for a Palestinian women’s football team was brought to life — and recounts the difficulties the players face on a regular basis just to play — in Women in the Stadium.
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