Macabi Israelite Club Withdraws from Mendoza Super League After Anti-Semitic Chants

He Macabi Israelite Club of Mendoza ratified this Friday the decision not to continue participating in the Closing 2023 of the Mendoza Super League, after a ruling issued by the Basketball Federation of the Province of Mendoza (FBPM) for the anti-Semitic chants carried out by the fans of Athens Sport Club.

He FBPM Disciplinary Court resolved on Thursday to apply a financial fine to the institution of Saint Joseph, Guaymallen, and also defined the closure of its court for only three games. He also authorized Macabi to prohibit the public from entering the Apache in Super League matches, over 18 months.

The ruling of the FBPM Disciplinary Court.

Meanwhile, the members of the court imposed a very harsh sanction on the captain and historic forward of Macabi, Andrés Berman, who was unable to play for eight games. In addition, he will not be able to exercise the captaincy for 16 games.

From the celestial team they considered that the penalty that the FBPM set against Atenas is excessively light compared to the one they applied to the Israelita Macabi reference.

For this reason, the president Fernando Segal issued a statement this Friday in which it officially reported that the club “He will not appear for the moment to play any scheduled match in the official Basketball Federation competition”.

The reprehensible act of anti-Semitism was recorded on the night of Wednesday the 18th while the clash between Israelita Macabi (local) and Atenas Sport Club was taking place for the fifth date of the Clausura 2023 of the Mendoza Super League.

When there was one minute and 18 seconds left in the match, in which the Apache won by 79 to 73, fans of the visiting team spat at Maximiliano Riosplayer of the local team and they shouted “we have to put a bomb on them”.

Subsequently, they attacked the celestial players again, chanting in reference to the terrorist group’s attacks. Hamas in Israel and the war that broke out in that sector of Middle East: “The Jews are afraid” y “murderous Jews”they cheered from the Apache side.

The moment in which the incidents occurred and subsequent suspension of the match.

As a result, Berman confronted the visiting fans and the match ended up being suspended due to incidents. Although the FBPM decided to play the remainder of the match, for now Israelita Macabi will not continue participating in the provincial competition.

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2023-10-27 19:34:24
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