Saturday, November 24, 2018
Argentine Soccer Fans Chant 'Killing Jews to Make Soap' at Match Against Team With Jewish Roots
Home-team soccer fans in Argentina chanted about “killing the Jews to
make soap” during a match with a team historically associated with the Jewish
community and rioted when the visitors won.
Atlanta, a professional Argentine team founded more than a century ago
in a Jewish neighborhood, played All Boys at their stadium in Buenos Aires on
Thursday.
All Boys fans chanted the anti-Semitic slogan as they waved Palestinian
flags and T-shirts bearing Iranian symbols.
Atlanta won the match, 3-2, triggering violence by the All Boys fans.
Some spectators entered the locker area for cover until police arranged for
them to exit the stadium safely.
All Boys fans also assaulted police, destroying property at the
stadium.
“The Argentine Football Association must sanction the club for this
anti-Semitic offense,” Shimon Samuels, Simon Wiesenthal Center’s director for
International Relations, wrote in a statement Friday.
Atlanta has several Jewish players, as well as members of its
administrative staff. Police are investigating the incident.
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