Photo: Now That’s A Political Statement.

By: chris | February 5th, 2009

Move over Freddie Kanoute, you’ve been trumped in the Gaza conflict political statement department. Ibrahim Dagasan of Sivasspor staked a Palestinian flag at the center circle while his teammates – one of whom is Israeli – celebrated their penalty win over Galatasaray in a cup fixture. No subtlety here.

A more thorough writeup and video of stills at 101 Great Goals. (Reuters)

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Tags: Frederic Kanoute, Galatasaray, Israel, Palestine, Photo, Photo of the Day, politic, Sivasspor, Turkey

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• Chubby |  February 5th, 2009 at 6:01 pm

  
  
  

  Who are Palestinians?

  Why not a flag for free Kurdistan? At least they look like a nation…

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• Bro |  February 5th, 2009 at 6:02 pm

  
  
  

  Umm… I wouldn’t like it if my flag were touching the ground like that.

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• Anthony |  February 5th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

  
  
  

  It’s ridiculous how this is never going to end.

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• Utku |  February 5th, 2009 at 8:49 pm

  
  
  

  a) thats messed up that the flag is touching the ground
  b) kurdistan will never exist, as long as the PKK exists, or if another nation takes over turkey or iraq and grants the PKK independence.

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• Sam |  February 5th, 2009 at 10:07 pm

  
  
  

  Smash the state! Smash the state!

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• Musab |  February 5th, 2009 at 10:32 pm

  
  
  

  I blame Galatasaray for this. You let a village team win on penalties, and this is what happens.

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• Ibracadabra |  February 5th, 2009 at 10:44 pm

  
  
  

  his teammate – pini balili – one of israel’s better strikers – was actually already in the dressing room… awkward.

  but regardless of political leaning, i think we can all agree that israel needs to do what it can to protect its citizens from terror attacks. just as any other nation – world cup quality or not – would do too.

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• bobby_digital |  February 6th, 2009 at 10:08 am

  
  
  

  i support this… in the big picture football is nothing but a game, there are more important things in life to care about… like the pointless killing of innocent civilians and children and the outrageous discrepancy in death toll numbers.. like 1,000+ to maybe 50… its sickening how the world has seemed to turn a blind eye..

  people say israel should protect its citizens, but at what cost? by killing mostly innocent civilians? with 1 in 3 of the death toll being children..

  Bombing Gaza, assaulting it with tanks and uzis, it’s like shooting a soccer ball into a goal made out of the atlantic ocean. Gaza is an occupied land..More than 1 million people squeezed into 140 square miles hemmed in on all sides by 25-foot-high walls separated by a vast expanse of bulldozed earth..almost sounds like a concentration camp to me…

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• Anonymous |  February 6th, 2009 at 10:27 pm

  
  
  

  If the Palestinians put down their guns there would be peace.

  If the Israelis put down their guns there would be no more Israel.

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• Utku |  February 6th, 2009 at 10:30 pm

  
  
  

  funny how “anonymous” says this.

  a) palestine is not even an organized nation to have an organized army to put down their guns, it’s called a terrorist orginzation within the gaza strip

  b) if the israelis put down their guns there would be peace.

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