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George Galloway is mocked for tweet about Palestine football team
'Can't you see the star of David on their shirts?'
June 26, 2018 10:19
'Can't you see the star of David on their shirts?'
June 26, 2018 10:19Anti-Israel ex-Labour MP George Galloway has tried to use the fact there was once a "Palestine" football team to dispute the claim Palestinians had no country before the foundation of Israel, only to be told it was actually a Jewish team playing before Israel's foundation.
Mr Galloway, who once vowed to make his Bradford constituency an "Israel free zone" and has refused to debate Israeli citizens, tweeted a film clip from a 1939 game between Australia and Palestine, adding: "They say there was never a Palestine..."
They say there was never a Palestine... pic.twitter.com/EhRqJEBrUb
— George Galloway (@georgegalloway) June 24, 2018
People immediately began to point out that the team were Jewish Maccabi players and the team was a British-Mandate Palestinian side.
One Tweeter asked: "George, can't you see the star of David on their shirts?"
Jewish Palestine (British mandate) vs. Australia in 1939. George Galloway though, believes he just saw a miracle evidence of a ”lost” palestinian state. This really shows the depth of ignorance of the antiisrael movement. George, can’t you see the star of David on their shirts? https://t.co/rYEcZUKOHF
— Christer Palmgren (@chripzzz) June 26, 2018
Mr Galloway's comment had more than 11,200 Facebook shares and more than 1,480 retweets.
"Thanks for proving to your followers that Jews have always been in Israel, George," wrote journalist Karen Yossman.
You can literally see the Star of David on their shirts in the first three seconds of the clip 😂😂😂 Thanks for proving to your followers that Jews have always been in Israel, George 😘😘😘 pic.twitter.com/cMX4uH1XId
— Karen Yossman (@KarenYossman) June 24, 2018
At one point in the footage Mr Galloway tweeted, the Australian commentator notes the goalkeeper made a save Maccabi team was Jewish after saving a goal saying “Then again, the Jews were always a saving race."