比赛日当天，位于都柏林历史悠久的利伯蒂区的皮达尔·布朗酒馆通常会挤满前来观看比赛的球迷，他们聚集在各个屏幕前。
On match days, Peadar Browns pub in Dublin’s historic Liberties area is usually jam-packed with football fans piling in to watch the game on various screens.
周日，爱尔兰共和国对阵以色列的欧国联比赛开球前，酒馆里同样人头攒动。但有一个显著不同：所有电视都关着。
As kickoff approached in the Republic of Ireland’s Nations League game against Israel on Sunday, there was a similarly busy crowd. With one significant difference, though: none of the televisions were on.
酒馆老板特意决定今晚不转播这场比赛，以抗议以色列在加沙发动的种族灭绝战争。
The pub has made a deliberate decision not to show the game tonight in protest against Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza.
老板艾丹·布朗说：“我们大约一个月前就承诺，在爱尔兰对以色列采取立场之前，不转播任何即将到来的欧国联赛事。我们没转播科索沃那场比赛，也绝无意转播以色列的比赛。”布朗一直在整理一份拒绝转播比赛的场所名单。据他最后统计，名单上已有140家爱尔兰国内外的酒吧。他预计开球前这个数字还会上升，因为爱尔兰队内部的动荡事件在全国引起了轰动。
“We committed about a month ago not to show any of the upcoming Nations League fixtures until Ireland made a stand against Israel,” says owner Aidan Brown. “We didn’t show the Kosovo game, and we’ve absolutely no intention of showing the Israel games.” Brown has been compiling a list of venues refusing to screen the match. At his last count, it included 140 pubs and bars in Ireland and abroad. He expected the number had risen before kickoff as tumultuous events within the Ireland team reverberated around the country.
爱尔兰长期以来一直是巴勒斯坦事业的坚定盟友，如今因球队是否将进行两场对阵以色列的预定比赛而被推上全球聚光灯下。
Ireland, a staunch and long-standing ally of the Palestinian cause has been thrust into the global spotlight over whether the team will play the two scheduled games against Israel.
布朗将都柏林的氛围比作现代爱尔兰体育史上最持久的戏剧性事件之一。
Ireland, a staunch and long-standing ally of the Palestinian cause has been thrust into the global spotlight over whether the team will play the two scheduled games against Israel.
他说：“我认为这件事的影响力不亚于2002年的塞班事件和罗伊·基恩风波。”
Brown compares the atmosphere in Dublin to one of the most enduring sporting dramas in modern Irish history.
2002年世界杯在日本举行期间，爱尔兰队长罗伊·基恩因与主教练米克·麦卡锡就训练设施发生对峙而离队，塞班事件由此成为全国性的戏剧性风波。
“I think this is just as big as Saipan and the Roy Keane saga in 2002,” he says. Saipan became a national drama when Ireland captain Roy Keane left the 2002 World Cup squad in Japan after a confrontation with manager Mick McCarthy over training facilities.
而这一次，整个爱尔兰岛上的公众辩论不再关乎足球水平，而是关乎道德准则。
This time the public debate across the island of Ireland is not about football standards, but moral ones.
在爱尔兰北部的德里，另一位拒绝转播比赛的酒馆老板利亚姆·多尔蒂描述了类似的动员氛围。
In Derry, in the north of Ireland, Liam Doherty, another pub owner refusing to show the game, describes a similar sense of mobilisation.
“这必须自下而上，必须由一个小国发起，”德拉克鲁瓦酒吧的老板说。“我认为我们必须成为那个表明这完全是错误的人。”领导“停止比赛”运动的“爱尔兰体育支持巴勒斯坦”组织主席丽贝卡·奥基夫表示，过去一周显示了这种动员已经扩散到了何种程度。
“It has to come from the bottom up, and it has to come from a small nation,” says the owner of the Delacroix bar. “I think that we have to be the one that shows that this is just wrong.” Rebecca O’Keeffe, chair of Irish Sport for Palestine, which has led the Stop the Game campaign, says the past week has shown just how far that mobilisation has spread.
“这是一场群众运动，”她说。“它触及了爱尔兰那些以前可能不会关注这一问题的角落。这是所有人都在谈论的话题。我们已经超越了象征性姿态和空洞言辞的阶段。”虽然并非全体一致，但爱尔兰舆论显然反对今晚的比赛举行。
“It’s a mass movement,” she says. “It’s reached corners of Ireland that maybe wouldn’t have been engaged with this issue before. It’s all people can talk about. We are past the point of symbolic gestures and hollow words.” It’s not unanimous, but Irish public opinion is clearly against tonight’s fixture taking place.
一项针对爱尔兰足球支持者的民调显示，76%的人反对比赛照常进行。在运动员中，爱尔兰职业足球运动员协会63%的成员投票反对进行比赛。
A poll of Irish football supporters found 76 percent opposed to the match going ahead. Among athletes, 63 percent of members of the Professional Footballers’ Association of Ireland voted against playing the game.
但这种民意汹涌却被掌管该国足球事务的爱尔兰足球协会（FAI）无视了。去年11月，成员投票决定让协会寻求以色列被欧足联赛事停赛。
But that groundswell of public sentiment has been ignored by those in charge of the sport in the country, the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).
然而，当爱尔兰足协在7月投票决定爱尔兰共和国是否应与以色列比赛时，它选择继续进行比赛。动议以75票对32票、3票弃权通过。爱尔兰足协援引不履行比赛义务可能对爱尔兰足球造成的后果，例如可能被扣分。
In November, voted for the association to seek Israel’s suspension from UEFA competitions. Yet when the FAI voted in July on whether the Republic of Ireland should play Israel, it chose to proceed with the fixtures. The motion passed 75 votes to 32 with three abstentions. The FAI cited the consequences non-fulfillment could have for Irish football, such as potential points deductions.
协助提出最初11月动议的波希米亚人足球俱乐部首席商务官丹尼尔·兰伯特表示，这一系列事件解释了人们对爱尔兰足协愤怒的大部分原因。
Daniel Lambert, the Bohemian FC chief commercial officer who helped propose the original November motion, says the sequence explains much of the anger towards the FAI.
“从第一天起，爱尔兰足协就处理不当，”他说。“11月的投票是会员非常明确的指示，但他们从未真正考虑过不比赛这一选项。”兰伯特认为，爱尔兰足协也未能认识到采取立场本可以获得什么。
“It’s been mishandled from the very first day by the FAI,” he says. “The November vote was a very clear instruction from the membership, but they never really entertained not playing the games.” Lambert argues that the FAI also failed to recognise what it could have gained by taking a stand.
“拒绝出战有巨大的好处，”他说。“这不仅会赢得爱尔兰民众的支持……还会提升爱尔兰足协的声誉，而非损害它。”巴勒斯坦足协副主席苏珊·沙拉比认为，责任在更高层。
“There are huge benefits to not playing,” he says. “Not only would it have the support of the Irish people … this would have enhanced the FAI’s reputation, not damaged it.” Susan Shalabi, vice president of the Palestinian Football Association, believes the buck stops even higher up.
“更深层的问题是，爱尔兰足协和许多其他机构本不该被置于这种境地，”她告诉半岛电视台。“如果足球国际管理机构（国际足联和欧足联）始终如一地执行自己的规则，这场困境本不该存在。”巴祖努的“惊人勇气”然而，决定权并未掌握在管理机构手中，而是落在了爱尔兰球员自己身上。
“The deeper issue is that the FAI and many others should never have been placed in this position,” she told Al Jazeera. “Had football’s international governing bodies [FIFA and UEFA] consistently applied their own rules, this dilemma would not exist.” Bazunu’s ‘staggering courage’
本周早些时候，超过160名爱尔兰体育界人士签署公开信，呼吁国家队抵制这两场比赛。主教练海米尔·哈尔格里姆松表示，部分球员“非常不适应”出战，中场球员杰森·奈特则直言比赛本不该举行。随后在周六，队内的分歧公开化。
Instead, the decision has been left not with the governing bodies, but with the Irish players themselves. Earlier this week, more than 160 Irish sportspeople signed an open letter calling on the squad to boycott the fixtures. Team coach Heimir Hallgrimsson said some players were “really uncomfortable” playing, while midfielder Jason Knight said the games should not be happening.
门将加文·巴祖努告诉队友他不想出战。随后球员们进行了投票，决定履行赛程，据报道有八名球员投了反对票。最终，巴祖努是唯一拒绝出场的球员。兰伯特表示，巴祖努独自做出这个决定非常不寻常。
Then, on Saturday, the fault line inside the squad became public. Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu told his teammates he did not want to play. The players subsequently voted to fulfil the fixture, with reports suggesting eight had voted against playing. Bazunu was the only one who ultimately refused.
“在一个25人的团体中独自这么做，需要惊人的勇气，”他说。“他为爱尔兰出场的次数将超过那24名球员中的任何一个。他将永远赢得爱尔兰人民的尊重。”在爱尔兰阵营动荡不安之际，也有报道称球员们面临经纪人的施压，涉及拒绝出战可能带来的后果，包括对未来职业生涯的担忧。
Lambert says Bazunu’s decision to stand alone was extraordinary. “To do that on your own in a group of 25 players is staggering courage,” he says. “He’s represented Ireland more than those 24 players ever will. He has the respect of the Irish people forever.” Amid the turmoil inside the Ireland camp, there have also been reports of players facing pressure from agents over the potential consequences of refusing to play, including concerns about their future careers.
兰伯特同时也是嘻哈三人组Kneecap的经理，他看到了与爱尔兰音乐界发生的事情相似的平行线索。当爱尔兰裔美国说唱歌手Macklemore因公开支持巴勒斯坦而被移出Ed Sheeran的美国巡演后，其他开场表演嘉宾——包括爱尔兰艺人Aaron Rowe和Beoga——随后宣布退出以示声援。
Lambert, who is also the manager of hip-hop trio Kneecap sees a parallel with what has happened in Irish music. When Irish-American rapper Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after speaking out for Palestine, the other supporting acts — including Irish artists Aaron Rowe and Beoga — subsequently withdrew in solidarity.
“我们在音乐界看到了一个真正的分水岭时刻，”兰伯特说。“我认为这在体育界仍有潜力成为那种时刻。”下周，爱尔兰共和国还有一场欧国联比赛对阵以色列。在此之前，他们将在都柏林迎战奥地利，届时球员们将不得不面对愤怒的主场观众。抵制第二场对阵以色列比赛的压力只会进一步升级。
“We’ve seen a real watershed moment in music,” Lambert says. “I think this still has the potential to be one of those moments in sport.” Next week, the Republic of Ireland has another Nations League game scheduled against Israel. Before then, they face Austria in Dublin, where the players will have to confront an angry home crowd. The pressure to boycott the second Israel game is only set to intensify.
回到Peadar Browns酒吧，电视将保持关闭状态。老板Aidan Brown在解释原因时道出了全国上下的心声。
Back at Peadar Browns, the televisions will stay off. Owner Aidan Brown sums up the sentiment of the country when he explains why.
“积分根本毫不重要，”他说。“足球只是足球。遗憾的是，当种族灭绝正在发生时，它根本不算什么。”
“The points are just not important at all,” he says. “Football is just football. Sadly, it just doesn’t mean that much when a genocide is going on.”