Dutch-Moroccan footballer Anwar El Ghazi has pledged to donate €500,000 to support children from a larger settlement he received from German club Mainz after his contract was illegally terminated for expressing solidarity with Palestinians.
El Ghazi was suspended and subsequently dismissed by Mainz last year for a social media post supporting Palestinians.
A German court ruled in his favor, finding the termination unlawful. The club was ordered to pay El Ghazi €1.7 million in wages.
El Ghazi announced his intention to donate a portion of the settlement to Gaza. “I hope that Mainz, despite its repeated failed attempts to avoid paying the amount due, will find solace in knowing that it has contributed financially through me to try to make life more bearable for the children of Gaza,” he wrote on social media.
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