On August 4, 2021, Catalan Barcelona had planned a control match against the Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem, but he was never destined to take place due to the political position of the "

The fact is that the place for this game was chosen precisely Jerusalem, which the eastern part of which Israel managed to take under control during the Six-Day War against Palestine in 1967, after which it called the entire territory of the city its capital..

At the same time, the retreating Palestinians are still striving to make this settlement their own capital in the further building of the state..

The owner of Beitar Jerusalem, Moshe Hogeg, described the circumstances on his Facebook page as follows: “After I received the contract for signing and found in it an unequivocal requirement that the game should not be played in our capital, Jerusalem, and several other requirements that I.

After spending a lot of time thinking, I decided that first of all, I am a proud Jew and Israeli. I cannot betray Jerusalem "

Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lyon expressed support for the decision, stating that teams that intend to blockade his city as a venue for fights should be banned from entering the country altogether..

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The very same Barcelona said that "

At the same time, the Palestinian Football Association sent Barcelona a letter of protest regarding the possible holding of a test match in Jerusalem, and history remembers the case when the Argentine national team, with Lionel Messi in the squad, canceled a friendly match against Israel, when faced with pro-Palestinian rallies immediately upon arrival in this country.

It is worth noting that Beitar Jerusalem is the only club in its country that has never had a single Arab footballer in its entire history, and the team's fans have often found themselves in the midst of racist scandals..

We also note the fact that the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel only in the winter of 2017, while the European Union in the usual way expressed "