Israel’s National Football Team Will No Longer Be Sponsored by Puma

As Israel continued its assault on Gaza in response to the Hamas strikes on October 7, Puma announced that it was ending its sponsorship of the Israeli national football team.

The German company stated that this decision was made a year ago and had nothing to do with fresh calls for consumer boycotts.

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As a result of the 2018 collaboration, which included clubs established in Israeli settlements in the West Bank

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which are regarded as illegal by the majority of the international community, protestors launched a boycott campaign against Puma.

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which are regarded as illegal by the majority of the international community, protestors launched a boycott campaign against Puma.

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Puma has refuted the accusations, stating that it does not fund club-level operations and solely supports the national team.

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