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Israeli FM compares Irish team to 1939 squad that gave Nazi salute

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JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused Ireland of being “on the wrong side of history,” after the Irish football team wore black armbands for their game against Israel over the war in Gaza. Ireland’s football association came under intense public pressure to boycott the Nations League match with Israel over the country’s conduct of its war against Hamas in Gaza. On Saturday, the squad held a vote over whether to play the match. They ultimately decided to go ahead, but wearing th