イスラエル選手がトルコ出国　ガザ関連メッセージで一時拘束　サッカー

【イスタンブールＡＦＰ＝時事】サッカートルコ１部リーグの試合中に、パレスチナ自治区ガザ地区におけるイスラエルとイスラム組織ハマスとの軍事衝突に関するメッセージを示して一時身柄を拘束されていたイスラエル人選手が１５日、トルコを出国した。（写真は、サッカートルコ１部リーグ・アンタルヤスポル所属のイスラエル代表サギブ・イェヘスケル）
　身柄が拘束されていたのは、アンタルヤスポルに所属するイスラエル人選手のサギブ・イェヘスケル。
　１４日のトラブゾンスポル戦でゴールを決めた後、「ダビデの星」とともに「１００日　１０月７日」というメッセージが書かれた手首の包帯を示した。これはイスラエルとハマスの衝突が始まってから、同日で１００日が経過したことを指しているとみられる。
　この件で、トルコ検察はイェヘスケルが憎悪を煽った疑いがあるとして捜査を開始し、アンタルヤスポルも同選手との契約を解除していた。一方のイスラエル側は拘束を激しく非難し、すでに険悪となっていた両国の関係はさらに悪化している。
　トルコのアリ・イェルリカヤ内相によると、イェヘスケルは裁判を待たずして解放された後に出国したという。今後欠席裁判が行われるのか、また同選手がトルコに戻って来る予定があるのかは即座に明らかになっていない。
　イェヘスケルは警察への供述で、ハマスに拘束された人質に関して注目を集めたかったと主張し、戦争を支持する意図はなかったと釈明した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/01/16-16:49）

An Israeli footballer left Turkey on Monday after being detained overnight and charged with incitement to hatred by displaying a message about the Israel-Hamas war during a top division match.
Sagiv Jehezkel, 28, held up a bandage on his wrist reading 100 days. 07/10 next to a Star of David when he celebrated scoring a goal for Antalyaspor against Trabzonspor on Sunday.
Turkish prosecutors launched a criminal investigation for alleged incitement to hate and hostility and his club tore up the forward's contract for exhibiting behaviour that goes against our country's sensitivities.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said Jehezkel flew out of Turkey after appearing in court and being released pending trial.
Turkey is always on the side of all the oppressed and the Palestinian people, Yerlikaya said in a social media post.
Israel furiously condemned Jehezkel's detention, sending already strained relations between the two regional powers to a new low.
Turkey has become a dark dictatorship, working against humane values and sports values, said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz, whose country had earlier advised Israeli citizens to leave Turkey as a security precaution.
Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant accused Turkey of acting like the executive branch of Hamas.
It was not immediately clear if a trial would be held against the player in absentia, or if he intended to return to Turkey.
- 'I am not pro-war' -
The message on Jehezkel's bandage referred to the 100 days since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, which was marked on Sunday.
In testimony to the police, Jehezkel said he wanted to call attention to the hostages taken by Hamas and in no way intended to support the war.
I am not a pro-war person, the private DHA news agency reported him as saying.
After all, there are also Israeli soldiers taken prisoner in Gaza. I am someone who believes that this 100-day period should end now. I want the war to end. That's why I showed the sign, he reportedly told the police.
On October 7, Hamas militants launched an attack in Israel, resulting in the death of about 1,140 people and the abduction of around 250 others, 132 of whom remain in Gaza, according to Israeli officials.
In retaliation, Israel vowed to destroy Hamas and launched a relentless military assault on Gaza that has killed over 24,000 people in the Palestinian territory, most of them women and children, according to Gaza's health ministry.
- Second Israeli probed -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has become one of the Muslim world's harshest critics of Israel over the scale of death and destruction in Gaza.
Jehezkel said he never intended to get involved in politics and was careful to respect Turkish cultural sensitivities since signing with the Mediterranean coast club in September.
Since the day I arrived, I have never disrespected anyone. The point I wanted to draw attention to was the end of the war, he said.
Antalyaspor said it had sacked Jehezkel, tearing up a contract that had been due to run until 2026.
Our board will never allow behaviour against the sensitivities of our country no matter if it costs championship or trophy, the club said on X, formerly Twitter.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) also condemned what it said was completely unacceptable behaviour by Jehezkel, calling Antalyaspor's decision to part way with its player appropriate.
In a separate incident, Istanbul's top-flight side Basaksehir said it was launching a disciplinary investigation into another Israeli player, Eden Karzev, for reposting a social media message about the hostages reading: Bring Them Home Now.