Current sectionSportsThe club owner said he refused to engage with the Israeli club, 'as I would have rejected the Nazis'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeHaaretz Sports Staff09:23 AM • June 05 2026 IDTThe owner of Polish soccer club Pogoń Szczecin said he refused to negotiate with Maccabi Tel Aviv over two players and compared doing business with an Israeli club to dealing with a team representing Nazi Germany.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel sportPolandanti-Israel EuropeCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesLebanonGulfNoam SohlbergMichael RabelloNetanyahu-TrumpHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNetanyahu-sponsored Anarchy Enabled the Attack on an Israeli JudgeTrump Laid Down the Law for Israel in Lebanon. Hezbollah Ruined the CelebrationSoldiers Kill Palestinian Youth After IDF Alleges Involvement in Firebomb AttackWhy Let Your Son Be a Combat Soldier? 'I Truly Believed Israel Sought Peace'Who Will Stop Smotrich, if Not The Hague?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This'