The Israeli occupation police arrested on Sunday evening the coach of the Hilal al-Quds soccer team after he posed for a picture with the banner of a slain anti-occupation protester.
The coach was identified as 55-year-old Maher Abu Sneineh a resident of Jerusalem’s Old City.
Palestinian soccer team players posed for a picture with a banner praising the Palestinian protester Musbeh Abu Sbeih who was killed by the Israeli occupation army following an anti-occupation attack in Occupied Jerusalem last week.
Members of the West Bank Premier League team Hilal al-Quds smiled while holding a poster with Musbah’s image which included the words: “The Hilal al-Quds soccer club mourns the loss of the lion of al-Aqsa the martyr and hero Musbeh Abu Sbeih.”
The Israeli occupation authorities have often led unsuccessful efforts to pressure FIFA the governing body of world soccer to expel Palestinian teams from FIFA.
