Since Qatar was awarded hosting rights back in 2010, the 2022 FIFA World Cup has been marred by controversy. Various western lobbies have criticized Qatar’s Islamic ideology, which has raised questions about the mega-event’s viability.
Despite FIFA’s statement that politics cannot be a part of the beautiful game, propaganda against the Middle Eastern country hosting the event seems to be driven by politics.
There have been many criticisms of western hypocrisy in questioning Qatar’s policies while their own countries have done exactly the same.
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Palestine has been the scene of crimes against humanity committed by Israel. The majority of Muslim countries have raised their voices against Israel’s oppression of Palestinians and don’t share a good relationship with Israel.
Social media erupted with videos of Palestinians refusing to interact with Israeli journalists.
Check out the videos here:
Israeli journalist speaks to Lebanese fans in Arabic, tells them he’s from Israel. They walk away before coming l back to tell him it’s called Palestine, not Israel pic.twitter.com/2zaFFkcqgi— لينة (@LinahAlsaafin) November 20, 2022
Qatari in Souq Waqif refuses interview after finding out it’s an Israeli channel pic.twitter.com/p2lr1gfbur— لينة (@LinahAlsaafin) November 20, 2022
