What to do, what to do??? What a dilemma!!! Perhaps if they were taught at their madrassas to hate the Israelis, they wouldn't even have a problem with this. Naturally you will never see the Muslims there asking themselves why they have treated the Christian Copts so poorly and have killed so many of them.
Egypt's World Cup dilemma: Pay TV or free Israeli broadcast?
Dilemma for Egyptian World Cup fans: To pay for broadcasts or watch free Israeli TVEgyptian sports fan: 'I've watched all the World Cup games on that Israeli channel, may God forgive me'For World Cup fans in Egypt, its a dilemma: Many are torn between their love of soccer and an abiding distaste for Israel.
Rather than paying hefty subscriptions to watch the matches on a Qatar-owned sports channel, Egyptian viewers can access Israeli TV for free. But fans hand-wringing over doing so illustrates the coldness of ties between Egypt and Israel, despite the two countries having formally made peace with the 1979 Camp David accord.
I've watched all the World Cup games on that Israeli channel, may God forgive me.
- Ahmed Saad, a 35-year-old baker in Cairo
While the government has normalized political relations with Israel, many ordinary Egyptians openly despise the notion of any dealings with the Jewish state. For millions of fans, though, the $300 subscription fee for Qatars beIN channel is out of reach.
Israels state-run Israel Broadcasting Authority, or IBA, easily caught by any cable receiver across Egypt, is showing all World Cup matches at no charge. The commentary is in Hebrew. Some fans have even gone onto its Facebook page to ask for match commentary in Arabic.
Continue reading at:
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-world-cup-israel-20140630-st
Egypt's World Cup dilemma: Pay TV or free Israeli broadcast?
Dilemma for Egyptian World Cup fans: To pay for broadcasts or watch free Israeli TVEgyptian sports fan: 'I've watched all the World Cup games on that Israeli channel, may God forgive me'For World Cup fans in Egypt, its a dilemma: Many are torn between their love of soccer and an abiding distaste for Israel.
Rather than paying hefty subscriptions to watch the matches on a Qatar-owned sports channel, Egyptian viewers can access Israeli TV for free. But fans hand-wringing over doing so illustrates the coldness of ties between Egypt and Israel, despite the two countries having formally made peace with the 1979 Camp David accord.
I've watched all the World Cup games on that Israeli channel, may God forgive me.
- Ahmed Saad, a 35-year-old baker in Cairo
While the government has normalized political relations with Israel, many ordinary Egyptians openly despise the notion of any dealings with the Jewish state. For millions of fans, though, the $300 subscription fee for Qatars beIN channel is out of reach.
Israels state-run Israel Broadcasting Authority, or IBA, easily caught by any cable receiver across Egypt, is showing all World Cup matches at no charge. The commentary is in Hebrew. Some fans have even gone onto its Facebook page to ask for match commentary in Arabic.
Continue reading at:
http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-world-cup-israel-20140630-st
