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| - In early May, 2012, the British organization Soccer Without Borders, said that they would be calling for a boycott of the tournament, writing, "Football Beyond Borders, a student-led organisation which uses the universal power of football to tackle political, social and cultural issues, stands in solidarity with Mahmoud Sarsak and all of the political prisoners in Palestine (also known as ) File:Flag of Palestine.svg currently being detained by Israel (also known as ) File:Flag of Israel.svg on hunger strike, as together we protest the injustices being inflicted upon Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and draw attention to their plight. [We] take this opportunity to announce our official boycott of the UEFA 2013 Under-21 European Championships, which Israel (also known as ) File:Flag of Isra
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| - In early May, 2012, the British organization Soccer Without Borders, said that they would be calling for a boycott of the tournament, writing, "Football Beyond Borders, a student-led organisation which uses the universal power of football to tackle political, social and cultural issues, stands in solidarity with Mahmoud Sarsak and all of the political prisoners in Palestine (also known as ) File:Flag of Palestine.svg currently being detained by Israel (also known as ) File:Flag of Israel.svg on hunger strike, as together we protest the injustices being inflicted upon Palestinian prisoners in Israel, and draw attention to their plight. [We] take this opportunity to announce our official boycott of the UEFA 2013 Under-21 European Championships, which Israel (also known as ) File:Flag of Israel.svg has been awarded the honour of hosting” Soccer without Borders joined 42 football clubs and dozens of team captains, managers and sports commentators in Gaza, who submitted a letter to Platini in 2011 demanding that European football's governing body reverse its decision to allow Israel to host the under-21 tournament. Amidst all this tumult is Mahmoud Sarsak, a threat for reasons no one can comprehend and Israel (also known as ) File:Flag of Israel.svg will not reveal. As long as Sarsak remains indefinitely detained and as long as Israel targets sport and athletes as legitimate targets of war, they have no business being rewarded by FIFA or the UEFA, let alone even being a part of the community of international sports. If Sarsak is to see the inside of a courtroom and if Israel is to, as Platini said, "face the consequences for their behaviour," silence is not an option. After all, even a Celtic fan would surely agree, we'd do it for Kobe.
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