Fair, I realize that it might come off that way. I do not mean to speak of this with disinterest or merely as fodder, it's just that the narrative of argentina being zionist tends to agitate me as an arab argentinian.
My grandfather fled the nebulous and ever changing border between syria and palestine during the nakba, and he used to hate the british with a passion to the extent of calling them the worst thing that had ever happened to the middle east (he did not live to see the "war on terror"). He and his family, my extended family, and our community within buenos aires, would as a result fiercely root against the british in all sports, and felt a sense of solidarity towards nations who felt likewise about britain in sporting events, such as the irish, the bangladeshi, and later the families of victims of the malvinas wars.
It was preposterous to think that my community reflected the sentiment of all arabs, specifically palestinians being currently under attack, I will admit, but as I said above I tend to act pretty compulsively when I see narratives that reduce my country to the stance of the fascist goverment in power, as i feel that it puts our arab communities in a more vulnerable position than it already is in ever since the attack on amia and particularly during this government.
I do realize now that channeling that complicated sentiment into sports fodder is not the most productive use of my time, but please know that i do not feel lightly about the genocide and that my perhaps tone deaf response comes from a place of deep sadness and hurt for what my community is going through.
Since this post is outdated and uncredited, I want to once again higjlight the man in the video, ya7ya_sager, who is currently seeking funds to afford a surgery.
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