Many young fencers may face disciplinary action after retiring from the competition to avoid dealing with rivals representing Israel, the major Olympic website insidethegames reports this morning (Wednesday).
The announcement came in the wake of Libya's young men's team, which withdrew from the team competition at the World Youth Fencing Championships in Dubai on Sunday (April 10), in order to ostensibly refrain from competing with Israel in the first round.
The cohabitation of the cohort is not limited to the number of cohorts to the cohort in the coffin to the cohort of cohorts from the cohort.
تحية لأبطال الأويت وأحرارها 💚 pic.twitter.com/EQPnVi003i
- # سعوديون_مع_الاقصى (@ Saudis2018) April 4, 2022
Those who "celebrated" the news were the website of the popular Iranian government television channel, where it was stated that the move stems from "solidarity with the Palestinian cause and opposition to normalization agreements between the occupying regime and some Arab countries."
Spear fencer Eitan Lemberger also encountered a similar case, after he was supposed to meet in the last 32 stage, a Kuwaiti fencer, who did not appear in battle, when the Israeli "benefited" from it and automatically rose to the next stage, those in this case, Kuwaiti became a national hero on the move.
In one of the tweets, in an account that has about a quarter of a million followers, it reads: "Muhammad al-Fadhali. "2019 for the same reason. Salute the hero Muhammad ... Salute Kuwait."
محمد الفضلي .. بطل كويتي عربي جديد يصفع التطبيع الرياضي وينسحب من بطولة دبي العالمية رفضا لمواجهة أحد لاعبي الاحتلال, لكن الجدير بالإشارة أن هذا الانسحاب هو الثاني في مسيرة البطل محمد, إذ سبق وانسحب من بطولة هولندا عام 2019 لذات السبب.
يّوا البطل محمد .. حيّوا الكويتي pic.twitter.com/gefvCoSzqB
- مقاطعة (@ Boycott4Pal) April 3, 2022
In the news on the various sites, it was mentioned that last May, a bill banning normalization with the Israeli occupation was passed at the National General Assembly of Kuwait.
Under Kuwait law, Israel is considered a hostile state and prohibits entering into agreements or transactions with entities or persons residing in Israel or belonging to it according to their citizenship, and anyone who violates this law is subject to a 10-year prison sentence and a fine.
# الكويتيين يرفضون الرياضيين مواجهة الاسرائيليين
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الكويتي # محمد_الفضلي يرفض مواجهة لاعب # إسرائيلي في # بطولة_العالم_للمبارزة المقامة في # دبي Pic.twitter.com/9s1WfmNDBw
- يحيى أبو زكريا اليماني (@ ALyahia22Zakray) April 4, 2022
It should be noted that the insidethegames website contacted the World Fencing Association (FIE) but has not received a response so far.
It should be remembered that in 2010 the International Olympic Committee decided to suspend the Kuwaiti fencing from all activities and cancel the Grand Prix in the country, after a visa was not granted to compete in the country.
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