Sports, Politics and Exiles: Protests in Israel during the 1978 World Soccer Cup in Argentina
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1978 World Cup, Military government in Argentina, Israel–Argentina relations, Argentine Jewry, Argentine immigrants to IsraelAbstract
This article analyzes the campaign against the 1978 World Cup. After reviewing the Argentinean military government’s exploitation of the games in order to legitimize its dictatorship, we discuss world reaction to the event being held in a country ruled by a repressive, corrupt regime. The main focus, however, is on the response of individuals and groups in Israel who used the occasion to denounce and demonstrate against the crimes committed in Argentina. The Israeli case is of particular interest because of the close ties between the Israeli government and Argentinean dictatorship, and the large Latin American immigrant community – mostly Argentineans – in Israel. This community steadily rose as hundreds fled the brutality of the military dictatorship.
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