Are Palestinian Flags Antisemitic?

A couple of web sites report about a complaint by Racing de Santander's Israeli goal keeper Dudu Awat about some Osasuna de Pamplona's fans wishing for Ariel Sharon's dismissal in their chants:

European Jewish Press: Spanish football fans call for Sharon's death

By Jeremy Last

Israeli goalkeeper Dudu Awat who currently plays for Spanish club Racing Santander, has complained about opposition supporters calling for the death of Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.

Awat's team held second placed Osasuna to a 1-1 draw, the first time Osasuna had not won at home in the league this season.

But the match was tainted by Osasuna fanatics taunting Awat throughout the game. The supporters of the Basque team are known for their racist slogans and chants.

Palestinian flags

According to reports, the Osasuna supporters held Palestinian flags and anti-Israel banners as well as shouting "Death to Sharon" and "We wish Sharon dies."

The Israeli prime minister is currently lying in an induced coma in the Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem after undergoing several operations on his brain following the stroke he suffered last Wednesday.

Although clearly upset, Awat refused to repond to questions about the anti-Sharon chanting. He would only say: "I don't want to address those things. They're improper."

However, Awat said that while he was playing for Santander on Sunday he was feeling worried about Sharon and his condition.

"Even during the match my and my family's heart was with Sharon all the time," Awat said.

The Israeli international spoke of his concern for his prime minister and how he has been keeping up to date with the news via the internet.

"Those are difficult days for the country and I wish him a speedy recovery. It's difficult for us even here in Spain. We're following it on the Internet and hoping for the best," he said.

YNetNews adds little or nothing at an article titled "Spanish soccer fans: Death to Sharon", if not for this:

Osasuna fans, who are Basque, are known for their racist chants, and during the match against Santander focused their fury at the Israeli goalie. Spanish websites and journalists who covered the game reported that a large group of fans gathered behind Awat holding Palestinian flags and anti-Israel signs.

Both outlets seems to focus on one thing, Osasuna fans are Basques, and they are known for their racist chants.

Is a little bit weird that both titles point out towards Spanish fans but suddenly, they become Basques.

Weird, if one is to believe the international media, there is no Basques is Spain, only Spaniards. To complicate matters even more, Pamplona is located in Navarre, not in the Basque Autonomous Community.

So how did these two sites found out that those chanting the "racist" slogans were Basques?

And since when holding Palestinian flags became a crime?

Now, regarding the Sharon issue, after his role in the Sabra and Shattila massacre and his key part in the squatters strategy to rob Palestinians of their land, one has to realize that the fella is far from being Mother Theresa of Calcutta.

Would you be sad if Pinochet or Milosevic were to die tomorrow ohemorrhage hemmorage?

Neither do I.

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