{"id":23410,"date":"2026-05-14T15:45:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/23410\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:45:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:45:32","slug":"israeli-minister-criticizes-barcelona-star-lamine-yamal-for-waving-palestinian-flag-national-sports-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/23410\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli minister criticizes Barcelona star Lamine Yamal for waving Palestinian flag | National Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) \u2014 Israel’s defense minister has criticized Barcelona\u2019s teenage star Lamine Yamal for his waving of a Palestinian flag<\/a> during celebrations of the Spanish league title win, saying the act \u201cincites hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLamine Yamal chose to incite hate against Israel while our soldiers combat the terrorist organization Hamas, an organization that massacred, raped and burned Jewish children, women and the elderly on Oct. 7, (2023)\u201d minister Israel Katz wrote on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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