Ireland has a long history of supporting the palestinian cause - consistently the highest in europe - which is what the player was intentionally mischaracterising as antisemitism.

[+] CableMonster@lemmy.ml -23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

That is still kind of the same thing, they blame the whole team for the comments of one player.

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 24 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, let me get the full quote and some more context:

In an interview published on Tuesday by the Israeli Basketball Association, Saar addressed the upcoming match with Ireland. “It’s known that they are quite antisemitic and it’s no secret, and maybe that’s why a strong game is expected,” she said. “We talk about it among ourselves. We know they don’t love us and we will leave everything on the field always and in this game especially.”

An official quote at a formal press interview that implicates the entire team.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

The Israeli player was culture washing. The Palestinian people are a semitic people.