Bohemian Football Club and the Palestinian Football Association are to play a historic friendly match in Dalymount Park to commemorate Nakba, from the original Palestine War of 1948 in which Israel was accused of ethnic cleansing through displacement and the first settlements.
Bohemians women’s team will play against the Palestinian women’s team on May 15 2024. This will be the first of a number of friendly football matches in both Ireland and Palestine.
This match will mark the 76th anniversary of Nakba, with the intention to shed light on the human rights situation in occupied Palestine.
Funds raised through the match will be used to facilitate the visit of the Palestinian football team as well as provide funds for humanitarian relief efforts in Palestine.
“We would like to thank the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid for facilitating the talks that led to this game being agreed,” said Daniel Lambert COO of Bohemians.
“Bohemian FC has been supporting Sport for Life Palestine through sales of our 2023 away shirt which funds access to sports for children in the city of Tulkarem in the West Bank.”
“Given recent horrific events the work of the charity has been severely impacted and their activities now serve as an outlet to try reliving young children from the trauma they are going through.”
“Both club- and fan-led actions, including screening Palestinian team games, fan displays at games, an outdoor screening of the film Gaza, and funds sent to Sport for Life, have tried to support the people of Palestine as they face an unimaginable situation.”
“We hope that this game can highlight the positive power of football and raise significant funds to further support humanitarian efforts in Palestine, as well as covering costs for the women’s team to travel to Ireland. We will be announcing a series of events around the game in due course, as well as ticketing information, and hope to see a sold-out Dalymount Park in solidarity with the women of the Palestinian national team and their nation.”
Sport for Business held a Smart Minds discussion last month on Sport and the Politics of Protest. Read about it here.
A group of 67 TD’s and Senators have written to UEFA and FIFA calling for the banning of Israeli national and club teams from competitions while the invasion of Gaza continues.
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