Tunisia – “Al Quds Al Arabi”: Social pages circulated controversial videos of French policemen trying to prevent Tunisian fans from raising the Palestinian flag during the last match between Tunisia and Brazil in Paris.
One of the videos showed a stampede on the stands between French police and a Tunisian fan who prevented them from trying to seize the Palestinian flag following he raised it, while another video showed Tunisian fans chanting slogans in support of Palestine.
Last night at the Parc des Princes, during the friendly match between Brazil and Tunisia, many supporters were banned from waving Palestinian flags ???????? 1/3 pic.twitter.com/a1e427fLgs
— Monira Moon ❤️???????????? (@MoonMonira) September 28, 2022
The incident provoked varying reactions, as some praised this step, which they considered as indicative of the morals of Tunisian fans and their love for Palestine, while others asked, “Would the French police have acted in the same way if it was regarding the Ukrainian flag?”
trying to pull a flag #Palestine From a Tunisian young man in one of the stadiums in #France During a match between Tunisia and Brazil …
May God bless the great people of Tunisia…
How do we heal from love? #Tunisia Which in us is the course of the soul ❤️????????❤️????????❤️#football #sports #double standards #Ukraine #Russia #civilized pic.twitter.com/NmiroTKSmi— Ala’a L. Tamimi (@alaalutfitweet) September 28, 2022
If this was the only goal of the Tunisian team in France and once morest Brazil, it was enough and fulfilled and increased..
A Tunisian young man insists on raising a flag #Palestine In a match between Tunisia and Brazil ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/sKoqlHc2Wh
— Mukhtar Ghommokh (@ghommokh) September 29, 2022
Farouk al-Qannad, the Tunisian fan who appeared in the video, said that he used to carry the Palestinian flag with him in all the matches he goes to watch in the stadiums, but the French security at the Princes Palace in Paris tried to snatch the flag from him and “which created a state of chaos in The ranks of the Tunisian masses protested this matter, which created chaos and whistling coincided with the playing of the national anthem of Brazil, which led to a misunderstanding and a false image of the Tunisian people.”
On the incident of “throwing the banana,” Farouk said that “there is no physical evidence to indicate that whoever threw the banana is a Tunisian, and even if he was Tunisian, I do not think that his intention was racist, and that the French capital includes many nationalities and the audience who was present did not He was only Tunisian.”
The Brazilian Football Confederation has denounced The “banana throw” incidentWhich he considered to be indicative of the “racism” of the cheerleader, who was thrown by the Tunisian fans.
While the Tunisian Football Association confirmed that it cannot be certain that the person who threw the banana is Tunisian, “in the absence of any physical evidence to prove the identity of the person who committed it,” surprisingly focusing on this incident only, and “not addressing the exemplary behavior of the vast majority of the people. The Tunisian fans present, which yesterday exceeded 40,000 spectators.
