On October 7, it is finally back el Clásico said. The game is being overshadowed in advance...

On October 7, it is finally back el Clásico said. The game is being overshadowed in advance: the Gilad Shalit, kidnapped by Hamas is expected among the guests of honour. In Gaza make wide protests.

On October 7, it is again: the FC Barcelona receives Real Madrid at the Camp Nou. A new chapter in the never-ending story el Clásico name. But this clash will be different than the games previously. A single bystander on the VIP stage provides in advance fuss: Gilad Shalit. Shalit is 26, he is Israeli. Five years he was a prisoner of Hamas, was kidnapped during his military service. Only in the past year, she has released Hamas Gilad Shalit. Since then, he tried himself as a sports columnist sports his favorite Club is his great passion, the FC Barcelona. With his passion for the Club, he is not alone in the region, the el Classicó is a major event, whether in Israel, in Palestine, the Arab neighbours. This could change now.

In the past few days, rumors were wide, FC Barcelona Gilad Shalit have officially invited to play against Real Madrid. That sparked anger especially among Palestinians in Gaza. Mahmoud Sabri condemned the invitation. Sabri is footballer who was locked up Israel's prisoner without trial three years. After a three-month hunger strike at the beginning of the year, Israel freed nearly starved players. FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has exerted pressure on the Israeli Government, also secured the release. "As a Palestinian prisoners, the Palestinian national team footballer and big fan of FC Barcelona, I condemn the invitation of soldier Gilad Shalit and urge the Club to withdraw the invitation." An open letter calls on the FC Barcelona to unload Shalit. The letter ends with the phrase: "Welcome to Gilad Shalit, is like a SADF soldiers (soldiers of the South African apartheid regime. Note The red.) to have invited in the 1980s during a European football match. Had you done, FC Barcelona?" Over 50 football clubs, fan clubs of FC Barcelona, players and trainers in Gaza have already signed the demand. A further petition runs in Spain, there are already 1000 signatures. Activists in Spain to announce already violent protests.

Gilad Shalit was just 19 when he was abducted by Hamas. He undertook military service, was a tiny, shy boy, it remained until today. His hostage crisis took the Israeli Government as an opportunity to seal off the entire Gaza Strip, to isolate from the public. The kidnapping was used to justify the Gaza war 2008 been 1400 Palestinians killed and 500 seriously injured. The fighting destroyed virtually the entire infrastructure of the Gaza Strip. The lanky boy became the symbolic figure of isolation, war and death for the Palestinians in Gaza. In his captivity, he learned like: five years he has been isolated, trapped in an underground without sunlight. FC Barcelona, for peace and harmony FC Barcelona responded immediately, issued a press release on its website on Thursday. The communication has the heroic title: FC Barcelona, for peace and harmony in the Middle East. The spokesman denying to have invited the Israeli. "The Club has not invited Gilad Shalit, has but agreed the request whether Gilad Shalit should look at the game himself during his visit to Barcelona." The Association further announced that he also positively answered had the requests of the Palestinian Embassy. Therefore are also Musa Amer Odeh, Ambassador of the Palestinian Authority as well as Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestinian Football Association watching the game live. Football player Mahmoud Sabri declined the invitation. To see the game with Gilad Shalit is tantamount to a normalization with Israel. The plot of Barcelona raises many questions. It would be a scandal that would have been Barcelona invited really Gilad Shalit? Was this a political signal? Published the press release at the urging of the sponsor of the Qatar Foundation? Qatar kept continually good economic relations with Israel in the past. These were put on hold however 2000 as in 2008 due to the escalating political situation against the Palestinians. But it was Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who wanted to continue the relationship with the Emirate does not. The Qatar Foundation not responding so far on the issue, as is Gilad Shalit the internal position on the case. On her Facebook page, fans of the page call the Qatar Foundation to dissolve the contract immediately. FC Barcelona is, however, justified: it would take no position in the conflict. One 2011 finally got to welcome President Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas thanked at the time with the words: "Barça is an association that represents a society and people with particular values." Hamas is boycotting the el Clásico The game will show on October 7, whether FC Barcelona must reckon with the consequences or not. Especially the FC Barcelona and Real Madrid enjoy an excellent in the Arab world. Football fans are crazy about the games and the teams. Almost every fan has a Jersey by just Ronaldo or Messi. In the end it comes in football even: selling Jersey, the paying fans may not be angry. Hamas in Gaza has already announced to boycott the game. Television stations will be el Clásico as otherwise transferred, fans stay at home. Not as usual, even newspapers report about the game. How far the boycott will continue, is spreading to other countries, we can still not say. "I call on all Muslim, Arab and Palestinian media, not to show the game", so Sami Abu Zuhri, the Hamas spokesman. In the past few weeks, flags burned during the protests because of the Islam critical film in the Arab world, one can only hope that not soon jerseys of FC Barcelona go up in flames. The Barcelona brand embarks on a narrow level, can win big at the end or lose much.