The Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” transmits the reactions of its correspondents during the coverage of the World Cup in Qatar and what they are exposed to from the Arab fans.
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What happened with the Israeli channels in Qatar during their coverage of the World Cup?
The Israeli newspaper “Yedioth Ahronoth” talked regarding what the newspaper’s correspondents in Qatar are exposed to during their coverage of the World Cup events.
The Israeli newspaper’s correspondents said that they understood the extent to which “Israel” is hated in the Arab world, noting that “it is not only in governments and rulers – but the hatred of Israel is also among the people in the street.”
And they continued: “After ten days in Doha, it is impossible not to inform you of what we are going through here. We do not mean to beautify, we feel that we are hated, and we are shrouded in hostility. We are not wanted.”
They added, “In the street, Palestinians, Iranians, Qataris, Moroccans, Jordanians, Syrians, Egyptians and Lebanese accompany us with looks full of hatred,” noting that the exceptions were some Saudis.
The journalists also indicated that they decided to introduce themselves as journalists from Ecuador.
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They also talked regarding what happened to them After the match once morest Brazil, saying that it “wasn’t particularly fun,” following the match, on our way, we went to take some pictures of joy from the Brazilians. Every time the Palestinians were standing around us with flags, shouting and bothering us. On one occasion, a fan from Kufr was surrounded Qasim, who dared to come and give interviews in a threatening manner.”
And they continued: “In this whole situation, the Palestinians or the Qataris stood and took pictures to make fun of us, when we saw that the situation had become dangerous and that the Iranian women began to understand that perhaps we were Israelis – we identified ourselves once more as journalists from Ecuador so as not to get into a physical confrontation.”
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They said: “The clip that someone filmed went viral and appeared in the Arab media in an attempt to show that the Israelis are cowards and of course this is a scene that shows part of the truth. Unfortunately, elements on the Internet associated with the Israeli right have joined our enemies and some participated in publishing the clip to show how much we are “Their people – we’re trying ‘in fear’ to stay away from confrontation. It’s too bad.”
The newspaper’s journalists pointed out that “some of the journalists said that in Qatar they knew the extent of hatred among the people in the street. How much they want to wipe us off the face of the earth. To what extent everything related to Israel arouses intense hatred in them.”
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