Author: Marina Rosenberg Koritny, Head of the World Zionist Organization Department for the Promotion of Aliyah.

Today, our country and the Jewish diaspora around the world are celebrating the 77th anniversary of Israel’s independence.

Israeli footballer Sagiv Yehezkel, who plays for the Turkish club “Antalyaspor,” has been detained by police on charges of “public incitement of hatred and hostility.” On January 14th, during the match between “Antalyaspor” and “Trabzonspor,” the Israeli footballer, after scoring a goal, showed a message on his wristband to the camera that read “100 days.