City and Israel

chicagoblues said:
Champions2012! said:
sniff sniff
Only this
I repeat
I would suggest neither of you have any idea who the OP is then and should stay schtum!!<br /><br />-- 17 Jan 2014, 10:55 --<br /><br />
pirate said:
DiscoSteve said:
Tal Ben Haim disappeared rather sharply



but he was shit

So is Garcia but he is still here

Coincidence I think not!!
 
Dribble said:
Why Always Ste said:
I'm not totally knowledgeable on this so maybe fellow Blues could post on this subject but do our Owners (ADUG/Mansour) have something where they don't acknowledge Israel as a country? and or Judaism as a religion?

If this is the case, would they be against possibly signing a known Jewish player?
It's easy........ When have you ever seen religious or cultural differences stand in the way of making money?

Hit the nail on the head !
 
silvasleftleg said:
You mean does the UAE have a problem with Israel ? Yes they do. They don't recognize Israel as a country. Israeli's are not allowed to enter the UAE.Would City sign a Jewish player ? Why not ?


It didn't stop Mossad from allegedly entering in January 2014.
 
blue5ter said:
In the UAE, if you have an Israeli passport, you won't be allowed in, as they don't officially recognise Israel as existing. I suspect a lot of that is to do with them needing to be seen to show solidarity with some of their neighbours because as others have said, they do plenty of business with Israel & Israeli companies, however in many instances they use a non-Israeli 'front man' so the links are not so blatant - effectively UAE on the whole don't care but have to keep up a certain image to their neighbours

If you have an Israeli visitors stamp in your passport, there is a chance you won't be let in, however evidence as to what percentage of those with an Israeli stamp aren't let in is rather thin on the ground - I've heard everything from once in a blue moon (no pun intended!) to a significant chance of being refused entry

Theoretically however, you could visit UAE wearing full orthodox outfit, be called Shlomi Cohen, have a British passport and be let in. I wouldn't advise it though ! I have a number of Jewish friends who live/have lived in the UAE and they don't like to flaunt the fact they are Jewish to the point they are wary about bringing it up, but they don't live in worry either - they just think it's sensible to be low key about it there

Within the UAE, you see policies that are anti-Jewish rather than anti-Israel (such as boycotting of books by Jewish academics) but I honestly don't think our owners give a monkeys. There have been Israeli players, they will know we have a decent sized Jewish contingent of fans, half the club's life/honorary presidents are Jewish and they certainly wouldn't choose New York if they had an issue with Jews ! Put bluntly, I think they take a pragmatic & commercial view.

A mate travels to UAE-Dubai/Israel regular (software support/training)& has to have two passports to get in either
 
Cleared it up for me a lot, thanks people...

To those insinuating that I'm a Rag...
Meet me tomorrow on the concourse (111) I'll be the lad giving out free inflatable bananas in an effort to improve atmosphere.
 
Why Always Ste said:
Cleared it up for me a lot, thanks people...

To those insinuating that I'm a Rag...
Meet me tomorrow on the concourse (111) I'll be the lad giving out free inflatable bananas in an effort to improve atmosphere.

As long as you're kosher then
 
Why would an Israeli bother being a City fan, they already have Spurs. The Muslim recognises Judaism and Christianism and their respective prophets.
 
bluefoever said:
Why would an Israeli bother being a City fan, they already have Spurs. The Muslim recognises Judaism and Christianism and their respective prophets.

Good Greif, do you think the same about the many Jewish City fans?
 

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