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162 ：名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。[sage]：2017/10/17(火) 03:02:15.32 ID:LVUHpCwE - Israel on Monday denounced a decision by the organizers of a major judo tournament in Abu Dhabi preventing its team from wearing
national emblems and the playing of its national anthem.
Organizers demanded that the 12 Israeli judokas participating in the mixed Abu Dhabi Grand Slam from October 26 to 28 not wear “ISR”
on their uniforms and that the Israeli anthem not be played if they win, according to Israel’s sports minister.
“The demand to appear without symbols is contrary to the mandate of international sports associations, the main aim of which is to
separate politics from sport,” Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev wrote in a letter to Thomas Bach, president of the International
Olympic Committee.
“It is the obligation of any country which has the privilege of hosting an international competition to allow the competing athletes to represent
the country honorably while ensuring their security.”
The United Arab Emirates had not commented.
Israel and the UAE do not have diplomatic relations, as is the case with many Arab countries.
Israel’s participation in international competitions has regularly led to hostile reactions and boycotts from Arab or Muslim organizations or athletes.
Last year at the Olympics, Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby was jeered out of the arena in Rio after refusing to shake hands with his Israeli opponent Or Sasson.
Egypt’s Islam El Shehaby (blue) refuses to shake hands after defeat by Israel’s Or Sasson in their men’s over-100kg judo contest at the Olympic Games
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 12, 2016.
Judo is a leading sport in Israel, and Sasson won one of the country’s two bronze medals in Rio.
Israel’s team will still travel to Abu Dhabi, but the minister will not, according to her spokesman.
Israel had previously accepted the conditions for the Abu Dhabi tournament in 2015, with its judokas wearing uniforms in the colors of the
international federation.
The Israel Judo Association said that it doesn’t want to get involved in politics.
“Our goal is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the competitions are a means to that goal,” a spokesman said.
“The important thing is to participate in the competition and to win, even more so in a country that does not want to hear about Israeli athletes,”
he said.
Israel says judo team barred from wearing national emblems in UAE
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-judo-team-barred-from-wearing-national-emblems-in-uae/
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163 ：名無しさん＠お腹いっぱい。[sage]：2017/10/17(火) 03:02:37.18 ID:LVUHpCwE - The organizing committee of the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, a major judo tournament in the United Arab Emirates, ruled that the Israeli team cannot
compete with symbols of the state. As was the case two years ago at the same competition, Israeli participants will not be able to wear the
Israeli flag on their uniform and the national anthem will not be played if they win.
“We assume that this time, too, the Israeli team will not be able to appear under the national flags,” said the Israel Judo Association.
“This assumption comes after a conversation between association chairman Moshe Ponte and the chairman of the International Judo Federation, Marius Vizer.”
The tournament will take place in UAE's capital city from October 26 through 28.
The Israel Judo Association added: “We won’t be dragged into the political arena and won’t award prizes to those who want to deter us from
appearing all over the world. Our goal is the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and the competitions on the way are a means of achieving the goal.
There are some who are trying to prevent us from achieving this goal, who would be happy if Israelis don’t appear at the Olympics, but
we won’t let them disturb us.”
The United Arab Emirates and Israel have no diplomatic relations. Athletes from the Arab world routinely forfeit matches to avoid facing an
Israeli competitor. At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Egyptian judoka Islam el-Shahabi was sent home after refusing to
shake hands with Or Sasson, the Israeli who went on to win a bronze medal. The Lebanese delegation also barred Israelis from boarding a bus
the two teams were meant to take to the opening ceremony. It was later reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee.
Israeli judo team banned from competing under national flag in Abu Dhabi
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/sports/1.817595
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