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World Bowls Tour bans Israelis from championship event in Scotland – Jewish News
Three Israeli international bowls players have become the victims of a sustained campaign against their participation in forthcoming bowls championships in Norfolk.
Daniel Alonim, Itai Rigbi and Amnon Amar, all award-winning sportsmen, took part in the World Bowls Tour (WBT) Scottish International Open in West Lothian, Scotland, in November. But their presence led to an aggressive on-line campaign by groups such as Action Network, supported by Scottish Sport for Palestine.
In its campaign, Action Network said: “We call on the World Bowls Tour (WBT) to immediately withdraw its invitation to Israeli players: Amnon Amar, Itai Rigbi and Daniel Alonim. These nationals belonging to the apartheid and genocidal state are set to compete against Scottish bowlers at the World Indoor Bowls Championships on 10th and 13th of January 2025 in Potters Resorts, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth”.
Invoking the Gleneagles Agreement, and the pronouncements of the International Court of Justice about Israel’s status as “an apartheid state”, the complainants said that Scotland was “obligated by both the spirit and letter of the Agreement to boycott sporting organisations, teams or competing nationals from any country ‘where sports are organised by race, colour or ethnic origin.’”
This week Action Network was celebrating its victory after the WBT board withdrew its invitation to the Israeli players to take part in the January World Indoor Bowls Championship.
In a social media post, the WBT board said that the “difficult decision” to withdraw the invitation to the Israeli players had “not been taken lightly”, but claimed that it had been made “in the best interests of the event’s success and integrity. Bowls is, and has always been, a sport that unites people and this choice reflects our commitment to protecting the Championships and ensuring they run smoothly for everyone involved”.
The board said it remained “hopeful” that it would be able to welcome back Israeli players to “the WBT stage in the future”.
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