His Name was Ahed Zaqout: Former Palestinian Soccer Star Killed in Gaza | The Nation
Why the IDF was “defending” itself against Zaqout is a mystery.
▻http://www.thenation.com/blog/180870/his-name-was-ahed-zaqout-former-palestinian-soccer-star-killed-gaza
He was no Muhammad Ali, using sports to advance any kind of political cause. He was that most conventional and familiar of person in sports: the ex-star jock turned broadcaster. But in Gaza, what we may see as conventional can become political. Zaqout was someone whose voice, sharp wit, and trenchant analysis was a source of joy and escape for a people under constant siege. Providing escape to the trapped of Gaza was in and of itself a political act.
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