The German club Mainz did not appreciate Anwar El Ghazi’s positions on the subject of the war between Israel and Palestine.
Contract termination. This is how Mainz resolved the Anwar El Ghazi situation. For having expressed his feelings about the war between Israel and Palestine, which began on October 7 with a Hamas attack on the territory of the Jewish state, the 28-year-old right winger finds himself without a club.
The Dutch footballer was suspended on October 17, then reinstated recently before republishing a post claiming to have “ no regrets or remorse regarding my position. I do not distance myself from what I said and I support, today and until my last breath, humanity and the oppressed. »
In this new release, the player said in the preamble: “ I am against the killing of all innocent civilians. I am against any form of discrimination. I am against Islamophobia. I am against anti-Semitism. I am against genocide. I am against apartheid. I am against the occupation. I am against oppression. »
Mainz 05 beendet Vertragsverhältnis mit Anwar El Ghazi.
Zur Meldung:
— 1. FSV Mainz 05 (@1FSVMainz05) November 3, 2023
Why had the German club not appreciated the positions taken by the former Losc player? The latter had shared, on October 15, a publication in which the difference in resources between the two camps was highlighted. We could read in summary: “ This is not a conflict or a war but a genocide and massive destruction. And we are witnesses to it”.
“ Mainz 05 respects that there are different points of view on this complex, decades-long conflict in the Middle Eastindicated the last of the Bundesliga in a press release, cited by RMC Sport. However, the club is distancing itself from the post in question, given that it does not align with the club’s values. »
