This Thursday, January 2, in a press release, the group of Paris Basketball supporters indicated their boycott of the Euroleague match against Maccabi Tel Aviv, scheduled for January 16.
The Kop Parisii, a group of Paris Basketball supporters, announced this Thursday, January 2, its intention to boycott the reception of Maccabi Tel-Aviv on January 16 in the Euroleague, against a backdrop of conflict in the Middle East.
In the context that everyone knows, we decided with the office not to make this match a usual match and above all not to act as if nothing had happened, the group of supporters justifies itself. This is why, and exceptionally, we will not be hosting the KOP stand for this match. There will be no drums, no singing, no tarpaulins. By decision of the office, the association will not be officially represented there.
The association, which has nearly 200 members, wanted to underline its “humanist values”. “We do not want to politicize the KOP or create divisions in our ranks. But there are things that go further than a simple basketball match… Our values and the values of humanism in general,” we can read.
On December 18, the Champions League basketball match between Nanterre and the Israeli team Hapoel Holon was interrupted for several minutes by the eruption of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
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