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Conor McGregor connected Saturday ripped pro-Hamas and pro-Hezbollah demonstrators who raised the violent groups’ flags successful a rally that took spot successful Ireland.
McGregor's societal media station came arsenic Hamas released 4 pistillate hostages arsenic portion of a ceasefire woody with Israel. McGregor appeared to beryllium enraged implicit the rally.
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"To rise the emblem of a violent enactment connected Irish ungraded indispensable go a large transgression successful the eyes of our state," helium wrote successful a station connected X. "It volition not beryllium tolerated nor lauded!
"Raise a state flag, disconnected your ain person, and disconnected of authorities buildings, yes, nary problem. Raise the emblem of radicalized panic organizations disconnected of the same.. Big problem."
One of McGregor’s biggest rivals, Khabib Nurmagomedov, praised Ireland connected Saturday for being pro-Palestinian. His remarks came arsenic helium saw his relative Usman Nurmagomedov decision Irishman Paul Hughes for the Bellator’s lightweight championship.
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"I cognize this is not my clip to talk, I conscionable privation to accidental 1 thing," Khabib Nurmagomedov said, via Bloody Elbow. "With each the things betwixt maine and [Conor McGregor] erstwhile we were fighting. Don’t forget, Ireland is the biggest protagonist successful the satellite for Palestine. Don’t hide astir this. We emotion you guys! You, your government, everybody.
"When we’re wrong the cage, it’s lone competition. MMA, each astir respect. We emotion you guys due to the fact that you guys enactment our brother[s] successful Palestine."
Later Sunday, Israel and Hamas reached a deal to merchandise hostages and let Palestinians to instrumentality to the Gaza Strip.
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