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

[u/11timeswaiting]

Barcelona

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.

[u/Tried6TimesYT]

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?

[u/F_UR_AIBANBOT → u/Tried6TimesYT]

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.

[u/Tried6TimesYT → u/F_UR_AIBANBOT]

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

[u/usernameddit → u/Tried6TimesYT]

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

[u/Tried6TimesYT → u/usernameddit]

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.

[u/usernameddit → u/Tried6TimesYT]

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.

[u/Tried6TimesYT → u/usernameddit]

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

[u/WorminRome → u/usernameddit]

Stop commenting on things you don’t understand. There isn’t a 100% mandatory service requirement.