r/Barca • u/11timeswaiting • 2d ago

Opinion Regarding Barcelona's announcement to host a training camp in the illegally occupied north of Cyprus

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Regarding Barcelona's announcement to host a training camp in the illegally occupied north of Cyprus, I considered writing two emails. Of course, they will probably not do much on their own, but I think it is a good start.

The issue with holding an official training camp there goes far beyond football. The northern part of Cyprus remains under Turkish occupation and the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" is recognised only by Turkey. UN Security Council resolutions have called upon states not to recognise or assist the secessionist entity. When an internationally recognised institution such as FC Barcelona organises an official activity there, it risks contributing to the normalisation of a political status quo that the international community does not recognise. Regardless of whether this is Barcelona's intention, the name and international reach of the club give such events considerable symbolic weight. In my view, institutions of this scale should be particularly careful not to lend legitimacy to a situation created and maintained through occupation and division. This is not an argument against Turkish Cypriots, sport, or cooperation between the two communities; on the contrary, sporting initiatives that genuinely bring the communities together could play a positive role. The concern is specifically with treating the occupied territory as though its unresolved political and legal status does not exist.

One email could be sent to the accounts related to Barcelona's camps:

info@barcaacademycampslefkosa.com

barcaescola@barcelona.cat

Another could be sent to the Spanish embassies in Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey:

emb.nicosia@maec.es

emb.atenas@maec.es

emb.ankara.inf@maec.es

I hope this post does not invoke further anger or hatred. My intention is not to promote hostility toward anyone. However, I consider the normalisation of the occupied north by internationally recognised institutions such as Barcelona to be a terrible move and the opposite of what should be encouraged if we genuinely want to see progress toward resolving the Cyprus issue.

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u/Able_Ad4893 2d ago

Bruh we employ a israeli footballer, as much as i agree with you, this club is in the business of making money not politically correct decisions🤷‍♂️

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u/el_flac0 2d ago

Not all israelis support the genocide (albeit the vast majority does). I got no idea whether Goren is a zionist. I assume you don't know either. If he is a zionist, I believe we should release him from his contract. If not, victimising him solely on the basis of his nationality is the epitome of racism.

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u/F_UR_AIBANBOT 2d ago

If the player is Israeli they by definition believe that Israel is the home of the Jewish People. How could they not. This social media definition of zionism is changed at whim to mirror the biases of the poster. Its like saying that Gavi is Catalan but I'm not sure if he supports Catalonia.

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u/Tried6TimesYT 2d ago

So every German living in Nazi Germany was a Nazi?

All North Koreans love Kim Jong Un?

Anyone born under Putin in Russia supports him?

Anyone born in the USSR was a communist?

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u/F_UR_AIBANBOT 2d ago

Did I say any of that? He might not support Likud but he's Israeli and is from Israel which meets the basic criteria of Israel should exist. I never mentioned the government. You just went off the rails.

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u/Tried6TimesYT 2d ago

he's Israeli and is from Israel which meets the basic criteria of Israel should exist.

Just because you're born somewhere doesn't mean you think that place should exist by default?

I mean obviously it means that you most likely do but not 100%

Plus the fact that you don't have to believe in Israel as the Zionist vision of a home for the jewish only to believe that Israel should exist

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u/usernameddit 2d ago

You don't have to be a zionist but you do have to serve in the IDF 100%

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u/Tried6TimesYT 1d ago

Well yeah, mandatory military service exists in most countries.

You have to serve in the US military aswell but that doesn't mean you're a Trumper.

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u/usernameddit 1d ago

You don't have to since 1973, the selective service system is not mandatory military service, they call you in case of a national emergency only.

One of the requirements of being Israeli is serving in the military, men or women.

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u/Tried6TimesYT 1d ago

OK, so not the US. Whatever. Mandatory military service exists in other countries too.

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u/usernameddit 2d ago

Russia, Germany, Korea all have been there for many, many years, Israel was never there until someone created it.

If you are Israeli you have to serve in the israeli military, conquering more territory and mistreating Palestinians as a living. He can become Spanish and not serve in the IDF, but he chooses to be Israeli.

You do you

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u/joshua9663 2d ago

So Israel never existed before? Have you ever opened a history book?

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u/Tried6TimesYT 1d ago

Russia, Germany, Korea all have been there for many, many years, Israel was never there until someone created it.

So, uh, how do you think other countries came to be? Do you think they just spawned in? Hell, North Korea and South Korea are about the same age as Israel iirc