WORLD CUP: UGH.....WTF, an apology?

*UPDATED* June 20th * Scroll down*

And here I thought it was all so fabulous. But short lived it was.
One man's beauty is another man's opportunity to spew Jew hate.

"He is obviously unaware of the implications of what he did. He's unaware of international politics. We apologise to anybody who was offended and we promise that it will never happen again.

Waving an Israeli flag offends people? Merely waving the Israeli flag is a political act? How so?

"He did not act out of malice for the Arab people or in support of Israel. He was naive... we don't need to punish him."

Punish him for what? Waving the flag of a sovereign nation?

It's enough to induce projectile vomiting. Full story here and here. Defender John Paintsil was very popular in Israel where he plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv and had wanted to acknowledge the Israeli fans who had travelled to Germany to support him, Abbey said.

"He's unaware of international politics. We apologise to anybody who was offended," said Abbey. (Hat tap Reality show)

You mean he was unaware of how much Jew hatred there is in the international communitay.

So far as I know Paintsil hasn't apologized and I would be shocked if he did. Anyone with a spine like that will not be cowed so easily, IMAO.

UPDATE: Poor Paintsil, he has no idea what he's in for. Now he'll know what it is to be a  .... Jew. Carl in Jerusalem has the latest disgusting developments here;

Egypt: Ghanian soccer player a Mossad agent

This morning, it turns out that the complaints come from the third largest recipient of US foreign aid, a country that has a 'peace treaty' with Israel. That country is Egypt of course (Iraq pushed them from second to third place in the foreign aid race this year). Egypt has accused Pantsil of being - guess what - a Mossad agent:

"The ignorant and stupid Paintsil, who spent 20 days in Egypt during the last African Nations Cup, plays for Hapoel," sports commentator Alaa Sadek wrote in the daily Al-Akhbar, explaining to baffled Egyptian audiences Painstil's link to Israel.
[...]
Some papers described Paintsil as a "Mossad agent", others said "an Israeli had paid him to do it" but the most elaborate theory was offered by the top-selling state-owned daily Al-Ahram.

"The real reason," sports analyst Hassan el-Mestekawi wrote, stems from the fact that many Ghanaian players go through football training camps set up by an Israeli coach who "discovered the treasure of African talent, and abused the poverty of the continent's children" with the ultimate goal of selling them off to European clubs.

"The training program for these children starts every morning with a salute to the Israeli flag," Mestekawi claimed.

Another party apparently upset by Pantil's act was FIFA - the world soccer governing body.

FIFA said they had taken note of the flag-waving and that although there was nothing in the rules to prevent it, they hoped not to see a repetition.

What do you expect from the people who considered sanctioning Israel for bombing an empty soccer field in Gaza that was being used to fire Kassams (and eventually financed the stadium repair)? I wonder what would have happened if someone had waved a 'Palestinian' flag.

I understand the Reuters link was taken down. Here it is in its entirety;
World-Ghana apologise after player waves Israeli flag

By Kate Holton

WUERZBURG, Germany, June 19 (Reuters) - The Ghanaian Football Association apologised on Monday after one of its players waved an Israeli flag to celebrate their 2-0 World Cup win against the Czech Republic.

Team spokesman Randy Abbey said it was important to point out that the Ghanaian FA was not trying to take sides in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

Defender John Paintsil was very popular in Israel where he plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv and had wanted to acknowledge the Israeli fans who had travelled to Germany to support him, Abbey said.

"He is obviously unaware of the implications of what he did. He's unaware of international politics. We apologise to anybody who was offended and we promise that it will never happen again.

"He did not act out of malice for the Arab people or in support of Israel. He was naive... we don't need to punish him."

Paintsil celebrated the two Ghana goals on Saturday by taking out a small Israeli flag from his sock and waving it above his head. Abbey said neither the Ghanaian FA nor Ghana as a country had a strong political position on the subject and said they were just in Germany for the World Cup.

"We are not in support or against Israel or the Arab nations. We are here to do football, we are not here to do politics."

A spokesman for FIFA had said they had no problem with the gesture and Israel's Sports Minister Ofir Pines-Paz had been quoted as praising Paintsil for his actions and saying Ghana had gained many Israeli fans.

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Comments

[baldilocks]

Those dumb Africans. What do they know? Why shouldn't black Africans kowtow to Arab/Muslim sensibilities? That little thing about Arab/Islamic countries enslaving black Africans for centuries and continuing to do so doesn't mean a thing.

/sarc

[GunnyBear]

Typical, I'd say I'm suprised but the play book for people who think like this is all too predictable. By the way you posted some outstanding quotes by Neville Chamberlain that really expose the stupidity of appeasement politics, any chance of putting them back up so I can copy them down?
Semper Fi

[epaminondas]

Sorry folks, but nothing is any different than it has been since jews landed in Babylon.
The holocaust has no meaning, and no significance beyond the fact that Germany was a modern industrialized state, get it? All that was true in 1937 is true today. All that was true in 1840 is true today. All that was true when they said jews were poisoning wells in the middle ages is true today.

Ignorance, bigotry and hate.

Pull out the Star of David and the results should surprise no one.

Every day is Yom Hashoah.
Get it?

[Carl in Jerusalem]

Hey Pam!

The Egyptians have said that Pantsil is a Mossad agent (among other things) and FIFA has released a much less kind statement (but then would you expect otherwise?).

See http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2006/06/egypt-ghanian-soccer-player-mossad.html