(live here) – In a unique sports initiative, the Ramadan Football Tournament opened on Thursday evening, 27/3/24, at the Agritech Stadiums in Haifa. The tournament aims to promote the values of brotherhood, sportsmanship, and love among the players, parents, and the audience.

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The event, organized by City Council member and member of the Municipality's Equality Director Raja Zaatra, and Council member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Beit Ha-Fen, Fakhr Bayadsi, was attended by ten groups representing sports clubs, community centers, and associations from the city's Arab and Jewish communities. This event aims to promote the values of brotherhood, sportsmanship, and love between players, parents, and the audience, along with encouraging and supporting athletes and coaches in a positive and constructive competitive framework.

Support for sports and infrastructure development
Fahr Bayadsi, addressed the importance of the event"Sports is not just a competition, but art, culture and ethics. From this perspective, we organized the tournament to enhance the values of sportsmanship and love among the participants, and this is our main goal. We will continue to work tirelessly to improve sports infrastructure, develop fields in neighborhoods, schools and community centers, and support the city's sports institutions. I thank everyone who worked on organizing the project, the Sports Department in the Haifa Municipality and Rami Khoury - Youth Brotherhood Coordinator in Haifa."

Council member Raja Zaatra added: "Investment in sports and infrastructure is essential and necessary. We are working to reduce the gaps and provide a response to the needs of Arab society in the fields of sports, culture and art. As a council member and a member of the Support Committee, I have always made sure to support the sports institutions in Haifa, and I will continue to do so in the future."

Recognition for the participating players
At the end of the tournament, medals and trophies were awarded to the players as a token of appreciation for their active participation and efforts, along with certificates of appreciation to entities that helped make the event a success.

Haifa for the Haifaites
Ramadan Kareem🙌
Well done and congratulations to those responsible for the cooperation.
In fulfilling the commandment of bringing the hearts of all beloved children closer together🙌
And this in the reality of a bloody war
You set a great example.
Bringing hearts closer in practice🙌
Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart🙌
It is sad what is happening in the city of Haifa.
Slowly becoming cities like Paris, Marseille, Malmo, Antwerp