It is in protest against 'inflammatory and wholly inaccurate accusations of anti-Semitism' made by Israeli players.
The Ireland Women’s basketball team has refused to partake in “traditional pre-match arrangements” with their Israeli opponents this evening.
It comes after Israeli player Dor Sa’ar accused the team of anti-Semitism in an interview on the Israeli Basketball Federation’s website.“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 – our players will not be partaking in traditional pre-match arrangements,” Basketball Ireland said in a statement.
It said the Irish players would also line up for the Irish National Anthem beside their bench rather than at centre court.The Irish team has been engulfed in calls to boycott the match in recent weeks; however, Basketball Ireland refused, warning that to do so would mean “a decade in the wilderness” for women’s basketball in Ireland.
“There is a strategy which is employed by extreme Zionists to say that anyone who is critical of Israel is anti-Semitic - and they actually admit that themselves, that this is their view, that being anti-Israel or anti-Israeli policy equals anti-Semitism,” he said.
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