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Kuwait- The fans present at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium in Kuwait painted a beautiful picture and conveyed a clear message to all countries of the world in which they expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people and supported the steadfastness of their people. Gaza stripShe called for the need to stop the brutal Israeli occupation attack on its people.
Through the “Prepare your coffee and come cheer” event, which was organized by civil society organizations in cooperation with a citizen, the call for the need to attend and support the Palestinian national football team’s match spread across social media, and it received great interaction from the fans who arrived in good numbers and early before the start of the match.
The Palestinian national football team chose the State of Kuwait to face its Australian counterpart on its soil in the joint qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup and 2027 Asian Cup finals.
Great interaction
The event was attended by 14,537 people, with the participation of the Palestinian Ambassador to… Kuwait Rami Tahboub, President of the Palestinian Football Association, Jibril Rajoub, and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Abdullah Al-Shaheen.
Its paragraphs were distributed over the course of the match, starting with the Palestinian national team players taking to the field wearing the Palestinian keffiyeh, to reciting Al-Fatihah for the souls of the martyrs of Gaza in particular, and Palestine in general, and repeating the phrase “There is no god but God, and the martyr is beloved of God.”
The fans in attendance reacted to every attack by the Palestinian team or any artistic movement by its players, and the keffiyehs were raised with the performance of the Palestinian national anthem.
The seventh minute of the match witnessed the raising of flags and keffiyehs from the attending fans to symbolize the date of the seventh of last October, the date of the start of Operation “Al-Aqsa floodThe 13th minute also witnessed the crowd standing and turning around, in protest against the martyrdom of more than 14,000 Palestinians in the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
As for the 75th minute, the crowd joined and raised their hands in protest against the continuous occupation of Palestine for 75 years, and chanted patriotic songs and chants supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and their struggle against the Israeli occupation. A large billboard was placed bearing the phrase, “The Kuwaiti government and people support the Palestinian right from the sea to the river.”
Great implications
Kuwait’s hosting of the match between the Palestinian and Australian teams confirms the depth of the fraternal relationship between the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, and this event is only a beautiful occasion to express solidarity with the Palestinian people in the face of the Israeli machine of killing and destruction.
The CEO of the Youth League for Jerusalem, Youssef Al-Kandari, believes that this large demonstration gave great significance indicating the depth of the relationship between the two countries and the two brotherly peoples.
He told Al Jazeera Net that it was a demonstration of “clear solidarity with beloved Palestine in sports clothing, in which all the masses appeared responsible, as they expressed their love and support for the Palestinian cause, which will remain the focus of attention of Arabs and Muslims.”
He added that it included some signs and connotations that “deeply expressed the steadfastness, pride and resistance of our people in the Gaza Strip and the bond of our people in Palestine, and pointed to the crimes and brutality of the occupation before the eyes of a world that applies double standards.”
Al-Kandari stressed that in the Youth League for Jerusalem, “we salute the Palestinian masses in Kuwait, and we will continue to participate in organizing any event that will support the steadfastness and struggle of our people in Gaza in particular, and in Palestine in general.”
“Palestine will remain free”
As for the Palestinian citizen, Talib Muslim Ahmed, he explained that he attended the match to deliver a specific message and said, “I did not come to the stadium to watch the match, as our Palestinian team’s technical level is lower than that of its Australian counterpart, but I came to participate in delivering a clear message that Palestine will remain free no matter what the occupation does.” And to demand an end to the brutal aggression against Gaza, the genocide and the killing of children.”
He added to Al Jazeera Net, “The Kuwaiti people have never neglected, and I noticed great interaction on social media platforms that have been calling on the masses for a week or more to attend this event and deliver a clear message of the necessity of supporting our people in Gaza.”
He continued, “There is no surprise in this, as the Kuwaiti people are known for their great love and support for the Palestinian people and their support for everything. They are an authentic people who consider the Palestinian people to be the first line of defense for the Arab nation.”
Ahmed stressed that “the message was sent over the air to all countries of the world, and we called for an end to the genocide and support for the resistance, while offering great thanks to the government and people of Kuwait for your support and endorsement of the Palestinian cause.”
As for the Syrian citizen Omar Al-Dakhil, who came to support the Palestinian team and support the resistance, he said, “I came to support the steadfastness of our brothers in the Gaza Strip, and to extend a great salute to the valiant resistance, as they are the ones to whom our inspiration must bow, in addition to condemning the continuing barbaric aggression against innocent people by the occupation.” .
He added, “This event included wonderful and expressive paragraphs that reflected the great love that the Arab peoples have for our brothers in occupied Palestine.”
It is noteworthy that the end of the match – in which the Australian team won over its Palestinian counterpart with a score of (1-0) – witnessed a wonderful interaction between the members of the Palestinian team and its adoring fans, as the players participated with the fans in chanting national slogans expressing support for the steadfastness of the people of Palestine, and it ended with the players distributing keffiyehs and T-shirts. Expressing the need to stop the crimes committed against Gaza and Palestine.
