Club Apologise For Sacking Director Over Gaza Post

Dagenham and Redbridge person apologised for sacking a head 3 days aft her assignment for a station astir nan Israel-Gaza war.

Salma Mashhour was named head of improvement and engagement connected 14 April, alongside Egyptian YouTuber Marwan Serry, who joined nan club's ownership group, external, pinch nan purpose of expanding their world reach.

But connected 17 April, nan nine released a short connection saying Mashhour had been removed from her position "effective immediately", external.

On nan aforesaid time successful an question and reply pinch nan Jewish News, external, nan National League side's managing head Steve Thompson had said "we do not tolerate racism, discrimination, aliases support for coercion of immoderate kind".

In a now-deleted Instagram station from October 2023, Mashhour wrote that she did "not condemn Hamas, I condemn nan sadistic occupation, apartheid, world rule violations and forbidden settlements that created this genocide!"

In a connection connected Friday, nan nine said: "Over nan past week, a awesome woody of nationalist chat and interest has arisen regarding nan club's caller determination to extremity its relation pinch Dr Salma Mashhour.

"We are alert of nan beardown reactions this has provoked crossed our fanbase, wrong nan media, and among wider communities - some successful nan UK and internationally.

"We want to reside this straight and clearly. Whilst we proceed to guidelines against racism and favoritism successful each forms, nan nine recognises nan correct of individuals, successful their individual capacity, to definitive governmental opinions.

"We regret, and apologise for, immoderate harm which whitethorn person been caused to Dr Mashhour arsenic a consequence of statements attributable to, aliases associated with, nan club's determination to region her.

"The determination to region Dr Mashhour successful nary measurement is an acknowledgement that Dr Mashhour supports messages of dislike and division, and statements attributable to, aliases associated with, nan nine that could beryllium taken to connote Dr Salma supports coercion aliases engaged successful racist aliases discriminatory behaviour are not meticulous and do not bespeak nan club's position successful narration to Dr Salma."

The Israeli subject launched a run to destruct Hamas successful consequence to an unprecedented cross-border onslaught connected 7 October 2023, successful which astir 1,200 group were killed and 251 others were taken hostage.

More than 51,300 group person been killed successful Gaza since then, according to nan territory's wellness ministry.