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True, until VPNs are also banned (like some US states are doing). One anti-privacy law passed will bring up another, then another, then another.

The procession often leads to violent confrontations between ultranationalists and Palestinian residents

So lynchings and group beatings are downplayed as "confrontations".

The article also mentions that it's "young" people to try and excuse it, but then goes on to mention that fuckface Ben Gvir was in attendance earlier in the day.

To add a little bit of insider context to AP News that is supposed to be one of the journals of record - the past few years they've fired anyone that was critical of Israel to maintain their "neutrality" but there were no changes to their editor board who are bias towards Israel.

Clickbait title with the article jumping to conclusion

Among a list of demands made by the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is that only officially recognized national flags should be displayed during the team’s games, extending to those flags carried by fans in the stands.

If you click on another article about the "Pride Match", it talks about how poorly ticket sales are - seems that FIFA (and sports news outlets reliant on FIFA) want to drum up 'hubbub'.

World Cup Pride Match tickets still available as final sales phase opens

There were plenty of tickets available for the World Cup‘s first-ever designated Pride Match when FIFA’s “last-minute sales phase” began Wednesday.

Ah the annual hate parade and pogrom attempt of the wonderfully democratic and secular state