(Jewish Group) Israeli soccer fans face antisemitism at stadium built by the Nazis
Israeli soccer fans who came to support their team as it took on a German side at a Berlin stadium built by Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime for the 1936 Olympics were subjected to antisemitic abuse. The Thursday game was the first time an Israeli team had played at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, and the abuse directed at the Jewish fans drew an immediate backlash.
The German-Israeli Society Youth Forum said fans were threatened and insulted at the match between Berlin's FC Union and Maccabi Haifa, from Israel. The abuse was directed at Haifa fans who had been seated in a mixed section of the stands, with supporters of both sides.
"In the mixed block, we were threatened by Union fans, pelted with beer and insulted as 'shitty Jews,' among other things," the group said in a post on Twitter.
One Union fan reportedly tried to set a female Haifa supporter's Israeli flag on fire but was prevented from doing so by civilian security staff.
The Youth Forum note that some Berlin fans did speak out against the antisemitic behavior during the match, but that the fans in the mixed seating block decide to relocate to the section reserved for Haifa supporters "to be on the safe side."
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Once again reminding us, that anti-Semitism is bad...except when it isn't.
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