Galatasaray Fans Protest Israel During Champions League Match
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Galatasaray fans displayed anti-Israel banners reading "Free Palestine" and "Humanity has lost its conscience in Gaza" before their Champions League match against Barcelona on Tuesday. This protest follows similar demonstrations during previous Galatasaray matches in August 2024, September 2025, and October 2025. Additionally, pro-Palestinian fans protested during the Israeli women's national team match against Switzerland on Tuesday, waving flags and displaying signs.
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- Galatasaray fans protested against Israel with "Free Palestine" banners before a Champions League match.
- Pro-Palestinian messages were displayed at the Rams Park stadium in Istanbul on Tuesday.
- Similar protests by Galatasaray fans occurred in August 2024, September 2025, and October 2025.
- The club itself amplified a protest in October 2025 with a "Stop the genocide" message.
- Pro-Palestinian fans also protested during the Israeli women's national team match against Switzerland.
- Signs at the women's match included "Show Israel the red card."
Fans of the Turkish football club Galatasaray again used a prominent European football stage to protest against Israel. On Tuesday evening, prior to the team's Champions League match against Barcelona at Istanbul's Rams Park stadium, banners reading "Free Palestine" and "Humanity has lost its conscience in Gaza" were displayed. This is not an isolated incident. In August 2024, during a Champions League qualifier against Switzerland's Young Boys, fans displayed banners with the same messages. A year later, in September 2025, the protest reappeared during a match against Liverpool in the same European competition. At that game, additional messages included "Let Gaza's babies live," "If Jerusalem is not free, the world is captive," and "Genocide in Palestine." Another protest occurred in October 2025 before a Champions League match against Norway's Bodo/Glimt. On that occasion, the club itself amplified the protest, posting images from the stands on its official X account with the message "Stop the genocide." Separately, during the Women's national team match against Switzerland on Tuesday, part of the 2027 World Cup qualifiers playoff, a pro-Palestinian protest also took place in the stands. Fans waved Palestinian flags and displayed anti-Israel signs at the Tourbillon Stadium in Sion. One banner read "Show Israel the red card," alongside numerous Palestinian flags displayed in the stands.
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