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Nice’s Atal, Mainz’s El Ghazi suspended for Israel-Palestine conflict posts

Dutch footballer Anwar El Ghazi has been suspended by his current club Mainz 05 for an 'unacceptable' post on the Israel-Palestine conflict [File: Paul Childs/Reuters]

Algerian footballer Youcef Atal has become the latest Muslim footballer to be reprimanded by a European football club after France’s Nice suspended him for reposting an allegedly anti-Jewish message on social media related to the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict.

The move, on Wednesday, came less than two days after French prosecutors launched a preliminary investigation into Atal on suspicion of “glorifying terrorism”, following complaints filed by local politicians.

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