Shon Weissman published on his social networks several messages after the attack of Hamas on October 7, 2023, saying he wanted Israel to ‘erase Gaza from the map’ and ‘throwing 200 tons of bombs”
The German Second Division Club gave up hiring Israeli striker after protests from his fans on social networks due to the war in Gaza, the Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday (5). Many fans were outraged when the information came that Weissman, who defends the Spain Grenade, was about to sign with the Düsseldorf club. This Tuesday, Fortune published in X: “We analyzed Shon Weissman intensely, but in the end we decided not to hire it.” The club, however, did not explain the reasons for the decision. The Bild newspaper reported that this was the club’s response to the discontent of the fans with the arrival of Weissman, who was already in Germany and had undergone medical examinations to sign the contract.
The 29 -year -old striker, who has 33 games for the Israeli team, published several messages on his social networks after the attack on Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, in which 1,219 people died. This attack triggered the Israeli offensive in Gaza, which has already caused more than 60,000 people, according to official data. Bild reported that Weissman has asked Israel to “erase Gaza from the map” and “launch 200 tons of bombs” on Palestinian territory. “There are no innocents [em Gaza]They don’t have to be warned, ”he would have written in another message.
Weissman later erased the publications, saying it was a mistake he made at a moment of great tension. But the fans of the German club launched a petition against their hiring on Monday because the comments “disrespectful and discriminatory” of the player “are contrary to the principles that the fortune Düsseldorf represents and tries to promote.” Bild also reported that the club and the player had planned to publish an apology statement for these comments.
Weissman had already been the target of protests from Granada fans when he signed with the Spanish club in January 2023. His case is not the only one of a soccer player who had his career affected by the war in Gaza. In 2023, Mainz, from the first division of Germany, fired the Malastan Dutch of Moroccan Anwar El Ghazi for publications on social networks about the conflict. And the Bayern Defender Munich Noussair Mazraoui, today, had to apologize after asking on social networks the “victory” of “our oppressed brothers of Palestine.”
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Fernando Dias
