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Israeli footballer arrested, fired by Turkish club for dedicating goal to hostages

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9 months ago

January 15, 2024

Israeli footballer arrested, fired by Turkish club for dedicating goal to hostagesIsraeli footballer arrested, fired by Turkish club for dedicating goal to hostages

• Sagiv Jehezkel (pictured) held his clenched fist aloft to display his bandaged wrist saying '100 days, 7.10', alongside a Jewish Star of David emblem

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An Israeli football player has been arrested and fired from his club in Turkey after he dedicated a goal to the hostages taken by Hamas, while a second Israeli player has also been admonished for his support of those kidnapped by the terror group.

Turkish police detained Israeli player Sagiv Jehezkel and questioned him on Monday over a message he displayed on his wrist during a top-tier match alluding to the passage of 100 days since the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel, state media said.

Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said prosecutors were investigating Jehezkel on a charge of ‘inciting people to hatred and hostility’ for displaying a note written on his bandaged wrist saying ‘100 days, 7.10’, alongside a Jewish Star of David emblem.Sagiv Jehezkel (pictured) held his clenched fist aloft to display his bandaged wrist saying ‘100 days, 7.10’, alongside a Jewish Star of David emblem

Jehezkel, 28, held his clenched fist aloft to display the message after scoring a goal for his team, the southern Turkish club Antalyaspor, against Trabzonspor in Turkey’s Super Lig on Sunday.

Antalya prosecutors launched an investigation into Jehezkel ‘due to his ugly gesture supporting Israel’s massacre in Gaza after scoring a goal’ Tunc said on social media platform X.

Jehezkel has been released pending a trial, and Israeli media reported that a private plane has been sent from Israel to pick him and his family up so they could return him home.

Israeli sources told MailOnline that the Israel Football Association organised the private jet, and that ‘many’ were involved in getting Jehezkel and his family back home as quickly as possible.

Turkish media reported that his club’s boss, Sinan Boztepe, fired him and said: ‘Our national values are above all else. No matter how much the player brings to the club. We will terminate his contract.’

Despite the severe consequences, Israeli media reported that Jehezkel did not regret making the gesture, and said: ‘It was a gesture for the Israeli hostages in Gaza, a humanitarian gesture.

‘It was important to me to point out that they have been in captivity for 100 days. I didn’t want to provoke anyone. I know Turkish feelings, it was just a gesture.

‘I only wrote the number 100 and symbolized half a heart with my hand.

‘This shouldn’t incite anyone. On the contrary, it should inspire empathy for the people who have been trapped there for so long.

It comes as a second Turkish football club launched a disciplinary investigation into an Israeli player for supporting the hostages.

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Ex-Indian minister shot dead

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3 days ago

October 13, 2024

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A senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai was shot dead on Saturday, weeks ahead of key state elections, with police probing the role of a notorious crime gang.

Baba Siddique, 66, a local lawmaker and former minister in Maharashtra state, was shot multiple times in the chest outside his son’s office in Mumbai, Indian media reported.

Maharashtra’s deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, from the same party as Siddique, said he was “shocked” by the “cowardly attack”.

The Hindustan Times newspaper reported that two suspected attackers had been arrested, and police were searching for another.

Broadcaster NDTV said the two suspects claimed they were part of a gang run by Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in jail accused of running a crime gang that has carried out multiple killings.

The shooting comes just weeks after Siddique’s security detail was upgraded after he received death threats, and ahead of elections slated for later this year.

“The incident will be thoroughly investigated and strict action will be taken against the attackers,” Pawar said in a statement. “The mastermind behind the attack will also be traced.”

Siddique was close to several Bollywood stars and was known for throwing grand parties.

Meanwhile, in 2023, in Uttar Pradesh, India, Atiq Ahmad, a politician with over 100 criminal cases, was shot dead on live TV while being escorted by police for a medical checkup.

As he spoke to journalists, a gunman approached and shot him in the head, followed by multiple rounds. His brother, Ashraf, was also killed in the attack.

This occurred just two days after Ahmad’s son, Asad, was killed by police in what many perceived as an extra-judicial act.

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Brazil shuts down 2000 Betting Sites, Says Country suffering from Gambling ‘Pandemic’

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3 days ago

October 12, 2024

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Brazil shuts down 2000 Betting Sites, Says Country suffering from Gambling ‘Pandemic’

Brazil orders shutdown of 2,000 Betting Sites amid debt crisis

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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government has warned sites that failed to sign up to new regulations due to take effect in January.

The Brazilian government has begun closing down several betting sites in the South American country.

Already, more than 2000 betting sites, including those that sponsor popular football team Corinthians and other first-division clubs, have been shut.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government has warned sites that failed to sign up to new regulations due to take effect in January.

The new rules seek to combat fraud and money laundering and protect users, by for example banning minors from betting.

The country is making the moves as part of a push to regulate online gambling.

According to Brazil Finance Minister, Fernando Haddad, the country which is Latin America’s biggest economy is struggling a betting “pandemic,” prompting the government to tighten the screws on the sector.

In 2018, Brazil legalised sports betting sites.

The move led to gambling operating in a regulatory free-for-all, especially as there were virtually no taxes paid.

Asides from betting on Sports, gambling in Brazil has taken a new turn, with gambling on games like Aviator, where players gamble on the flight of a virtual airplane, or the online casino game Fortune Tiger.

On the blacklist is Esportes da Sorte, which sponsors Corinthians, one of Brazil’s most popular football clubs, as well as Athletico Paranaense, Bahia and Gremio de Porto Alegre.

The ministry said the betting sites would be blocked and banned from advertising, and sponsoring football clubs.

More than 200 other sites will be allowed to continue to operate after agreeing to the new rules.

Brazil’s central bank estimates that 24 million out of Brazil’s 212 million inhabitants, roughly one in nine people, gamble online.

Lula warned recently that betting was causing many low-income Brazilians to get into debt.

“Anyone who is not regularised, or in the process of being regularised, is being taken off the air,” Haddad said in a statement.

According to the finance ministry said it had identified 2,040 “suspicious domains” which it had asked the telecoms regulatory agency Anatel to block.

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Turkish Airlines pilot dies during flight, forcing emergency landing

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6 days ago

October 9, 2024

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A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing at New York’s Kennedy Airport early Wednesday after the captain died onboard, airline officials said.

The Airbus A350-900 was heading from Seattle to Istanbul, Turkey when it made an extreme turn toward the Big Apple, data from flight tracking site FlightAware shows.

The 59-year-old pilot was identified as Ilcehin Pehlivan.
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The 59-year-old pilot, identified as Ilcehin Pehlivan, “collapsed” during the flight, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X.

“After an unsuccessful attempt to give first aid, the flight crew of another pilot and a co-pilot decided to make an emergency landing, but he died before landing,” the spokesperson said.

The crew decided to divert to JFK, where the plane landed safely shortly before 6 a.m.

Pehlivan had worked for Turkish Airlines since 2007 and had just passed a medical examination in March that showed no health problems, Ustun said.

“As the Turkish Airlines family, we wish God’s mercy upon our captain and patience to his grieving family, all his colleagues and loved ones,” the spokesperson said.