Five people were arrested at a pro-Palestine demonstration at a Euroleague basketball game.
Five people were arrested at a pro-Palestine demonstration at a Euroleague basketball game.
AFP
La Jornada Newspaper, Thursday, October 16, 2025, p. a11
Madrid. Pro-Palestinian protests against Israel's attacks on Gaza are increasingly spreading to the world of sports. A new protest took place during the basketball game between Valencia Basket and Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv, which left at least five people arrested, authorities reported.
Tensions between law enforcement and protesters, some of whom were hooded, led to the arrest of five people, a police source said.
Hundreds of people gathered yesterday outside the Roig Arena, where the Euroleague match between Valencia Basket and Israel's Hapoël Tel Aviv was played behind closed doors.
Protesters waved Palestinian flags and banners reading "Boycott Israel" and "More than 20,000 children murdered," referring to the genocide and famine committed by Benjamin Netanyahu's government in the Gaza Strip.
"These teams (the Israelis) shouldn't be allowed to participate, neither in the Vuelta (of Spain), nor here, nor in football, nor anywhere, as they did with Russia and as (international sports organizations) have done before," said Aglaia Montoya, a 48-year-old translator present at the demonstration.
The Valencian club followed the authorities' recommendations by announcing on Tuesday that the Euroleague game would be played behind closed doors for the "safety of both fans and staff."
The measure was taken after a pro-Palestinian protest erupted in late September during the final stage of the Vuelta a España, one of the top international cycling competitions, due to the presence of the Israel-Premier Tech team.
In Spain, the Palestinian cause enjoys widespread popular support, and solidarity actions have multiplied in recent weeks in the world of sports.
Spain's two main unions—the General Union of Workers and the Trade Union Confederation of Workers' Commissions—also called for a nationwide day of mobilization on Wednesday to demand "an end to the genocide that seeks to exterminate the Palestinian people."
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La Jornada Newspaper, Thursday, October 16, 2025, p. a11
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