Last week Anwar El Ghazi revealed that Mainz 05, his former football club, had finally paid out the settlement he had been owed. El Ghazi had taken the German club to the Labour court of Mainz after the Dutch winger had been unfairly dismissed for social media posts about the ongoing genocide in Palestine.
In a country increasing their tacit and explicit aggression towards Palestine, El Ghazi’s decision to take his former club to court was a brave one. The ruling ordered Mainz to pay his wages for the past nine months, totalling to 1.7 million euros ($1.9 million). The player shared the news about his victory on Instagram where he announced that €500,000 of the payment would go to the children of Gaza…..more
