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Ireland women's basketball team refuse to shake hands with Israel (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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In an interview on the Israeli Basketball Association's website, Israeli player Dor Saar said before the game: "It's known that they are quite anti-semitic and it's no secret, and maybe that's why a strong game is expected.

"We have to show that we're better than them and win. We talk about it among ourselves. We know they don't love us and we will leave everything on the field always and in this game especially."

Basketball Ireland's statement prior to the start of the game read: "Basketball Ireland informed Fiba Europe yesterday that as a direct result of recent comments made by Israeli players and coaching staff - including inflammatory and wholly inaccurate accusations of anti-Semitism, published on official Israeli Federation channels - that our players will not be partaking in traditional pre-match arrangements with our upcoming opponents.

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

It's known that they are quite anti-semitic

I love it when isrealis reveal that they can't differentiate between their nationality and the religion

[–] nichtsowichtig@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

The 3 D's are a useful tool to tell apart antisemitism and valid criticism.

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Treating people badly because they happen to be from Israel isn't political commentary.
It's antisemitism, plain and simple.

[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're doing it right now too! Antisemitism is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against Jews not Israelis. The reason why these players did not want to shake hands with the Israeli team is not because they are Jews, but because they are Israeli. Yes they are refusing to shake hands with them because they are from Israel but its not because they are Jewish. It's because their country (Israel) is comiting genocide. They would not shake hands with any country that does this

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I bet they'd shake hands with the US team, despite the fact that the US killed 50x more Arab civilians in order to "defend their interests" on the other side of the world.

Holding Israel to a standard you don't apply to any other nation on earth IS antisemitism.

[–] Spectrism@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

The same behaviour was shown towards Russian athletes with regards to the invasion of Ukraine. Judging by your logic that would be, idk, anti-orthodox? Russophobic? It's symbolic and has nothing to do with the their opinion of the people they are competing against. It's not antisemitism, plain and simple.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

oh yeah, that happens a LOT.