Jerusalem Jane

I bet there’s not a lot of people around the world who don’t know Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi - especially after the latest tournament in America last month. I mean, didn’t the whole watch the World Cup and the magic these two players performed on the field, and which one is the greatest? I guess it depends on who you’re asking, but Messi was named the all-time world’s best player in 2025. Unfortunately, with the untimely passing of his father, Messi is even questioning himself about continuing to play scoccer, and Ronaldo is also considering his future. I’m a huge soccer fan and when I was growing up in Denmark I played myself for 3 years and I loved it! Given my age, the big soccer stars at that time in Denmark was Michael Laudrup, Preben Elkjær, and Peter Schmeichel just to mention a few. Now soccer is joyful, festive and full of excitement. It’s something that families and friends and even countries around the world unite around, because it’s just that good. It puts different opinions aside; it bridges gaps and it makes us all feel good. Rarely is it something that we connect with terrorists, hatred or incitement, unless it comes to the Palestinians. I have watched the magic of Messi and Ronaldo over the years, and I remember back in 2018 when all of Israel, including me was super excited to welcome Messi and his team to Israel as Argentina came to play against Israel in June, 2018. It was their final friendly match before heading to the FIFA World Cup in Russia. I was seriously trying to get tickets for that match, but something utterly repulsive happened as that game was initially being set for Haifa but was moved to Jerusalem due to security and threats towards Messi. This was because a well-known terrorist was so furious about this match that he actually encouraged people to burn pictures and jerseys of Messi, and incited them to violence or do anything possible to stop that match for happening. Yes you heard that right. This terrorist is living the high life, in the fast lane instead of sitting in an Israeli jail where he belongs! His name is Jibril Rajoub, and believe it or not, but he is the head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) soccer Federation, are we really surprised? That’s just the start of my brand-new article that was just published on Jerusalem Post. I invite you to read the full article by following this link https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-906692