VIDEO SHOWS: STILL PICTURES OF FRIENDLY MATCH BETWEEN PALESTINIAN AND BASQUE COUNTRY SOCCER TEAMS, PEOPLE MARCHING IN PROTEST BEFORE MARCH, COMMENT FROM PROTESTER RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BILBAO, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 15, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (MUTE) 1. STILL PICTURE PALESTINIAN NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM HOLDING BANNER READING (English) 'STOP GENOCIDE' BEFORE MATCH 2. STILL PICTURE OF BASQUE COUNTRY PLAYERS HOLDING MINUTE OF SILENCE BEFORE MATCH 3. MAN WAVING PALESTINIAN FLAG IN STANDS 4. PALESTINIAN PLAYERS APPLAUDING BEFORE MATCH 5. BASQUE COUNTRY FLAGS , FLARES IN CROWD 6. VARIOUS OF BASQUE COUNTRY PLAYERS CELEBRATING GOAL 7. PALESTINIAN PLAYERS SAT IN DUGOUT BILBAO, SPAIN (NOVEMBER 15, 2025) (FORTA - No use Spain) 7. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE MARCHING IN PROTEST BEFORE MATCH 8. PROTESTERS HOLDING GIANT BANNER OF PALESTINIAN SOCCER PLAYER 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTER SAYING: "This is a political march seeking to, on the one hand, ostracise the state of Israel state and defend Palestinian resistance but also to demand official recognition for the Basque Country's national football team." 10. VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS ARRIVING AT STADIUM BANNER OUTSIDE STADIUM READING (Basque) "Destroy Israel to liberate Palestine" STORY: The Palestinian and Basque Country soccer teams played a friendly match on Saturday (November 15) at San Mames stadium in Bilbao, northern Spain. Hours before the match, thousands of people marched through the city centre in a protest in favour of Palestinian resistance but also to claim the officialism of the Basque Country soccer team. More than 50 thousand people are expected to attend the match regional authorities said was being organised to promote "peace and solidarity". Palestinian soccer team is scheduled to play another friendly match against Catalonia's regional squad next Tuesday (November 18). Spain recognised a Palestinian state in May and has been critical of Israel's offensive in Gaza with several protests held across the country recently. (Production: Pankra Nieto, Miguel Gutierrez) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
