Davis Cup: Israel Dispute & Match Decision – Olé

The series will be played next weekend between Canada e Israel by group I of the Davis Cup. Shortly after the bombing of the Asian country’s army over Qatar, against Hamas leaders, against Hamas, It was announced that all parties will be played without a audience, only with journalists, and Halifax headquarters are maintainedin New Scotland. The determination was taken by the local leadership after consulting it with the International Tennis Federation.

“Tennis Canada acted before the growing concern for security. The information received from local authorities and national security agencies, added to the interruptions observed in other recent events, both in Canada and internationally, indicated a risk of significant interruption of this event, “was reported in a statement.

The executive director of Tennis Canada, Gavin Ziv, declared in the statement that playing behind closed doors “was the only way to protect the participants and preserve the event.”

More than 400 Canadian personalities, including Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis intellectuals, as well as sports journalists, coaches, athletes and academics, had requested in August that the country canceled the tie against Israel in September in condemnation of those who considered genocide in the Gaza Strip.

This decision occurs while other sporting events have suffered interruptions due to the presence of Israeli teams or athletes in them, as a boycott for Israel’s role in the conflict in Gaza.

The return to Spain of cycling has been forced to shorten several stages for pro-palestine protests during its course due to the participation in the same of the Israel Premier Tech team.

The Israeli squad later withdrew the name of the country of the jersey of its cyclists “to prioritize security”, although that did not prevent the protests from continuing.

Those of Israel are not formalized.

During the European qualifying match played in Hungary, the Italian fans whistled the Israeli anthem and turned when he was sung, with a “stop” poster, against the war.