Anwar El Ghazi returns to FSV Mainz selection. The club announced this. The 28-year-old Dutchman was suspended by the German football club for his comments about the war in Gaza.
According to the BBC, the former Ajax and PSV winger could even be sacked over his now-deleted messages, which the club described as “unacceptable”. But now he gets off with a warning.
It is said that El Ghazi expressed enough regret in the meetings with the club management. The attacker had previously refused to apologize for his post on Instagram.
In his original post, Al Ghazi shared a controversial statement: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” This statement is considered anti-Semitic by some.
The club says El Ghazi has strongly distanced himself from terrorism and believes he deserves a second chance.
Sensitive
The war in the Gaza Strip is a very sensitive issue in Germany. The Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany during World War II claimed the lives of an estimated six million Jews. For this reason, antisemitism is absolutely not tolerated in the country.
The Mainz stadium takes its name from Jewish founding member Eugen Salomon, who was stripped of his club functions by the Nazis in 1933. Salomon died during the Holocaust in 1942.
Source: NOS
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