2024-01-11 15:47:00
A complaint will be filed with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by the Israeli Ice Hockey Federation. Excluded from international competitions, the latter deplores a “serious” decision and “in total contradiction with Olympic values”.
“The decision of the International Ice Hockey Association to exclude Israel from international competitions constitutes, according to Israel, a very serious measure which does not meet any international sporting standards,” wrote the Israeli Olympic Committee in a press release.
“By this decision deemed “anti-Semitic”, the Federation thus provides support for terrorism and the massacres of Israeli children and elderly people who were perpetrated in their homes,” the press release continued.
This complaint follows the decision of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to suspend Israel’s participation in all its competitions to ensure “the safety of all participants”, including Israelis.
“After carefully reviewing the situation, the IIHF Council has decided that, given the concerns raised around the safety of all participants in the Championships, Israel will no longer take part in IIHF competitions at this time,” the federation wrote in a press release on Wednesday. The Israel team was scheduled to participate in the Division II-A World Cup scheduled for April in Serbia.
A decision following a lack of “security”
“In accordance with the IIHF’s obligation to protect all competitors and its obligation to put in place adequate safety and health measures to achieve this, the IIHF Council (…) has decided to suspend the participation of the Israeli national team in the IIHF Championships until the safety and well-being of all participants (including Israelis) can be ensured,” the federation further writes.
This decision was taken following discussions with the participating countries and the host country, the IIHF further specifies. Since the unprecedented attack committed on its territory by Hamas on October 7 and the start of the conflict between it and the Palestinian Islamist movement in Gaza, Israel has seen several of its teams (national or clubs) forced to evolve. at home” outside their country.
For example, Maccabi Haifa had to host Monaco in the basketball Euroleague on January 2 in Belgrade, in football the same club played once morest Rennes in the Europa League at the end of November “at home” in Budapest, and the national football team played a Euro-2024 qualifying match once morest Switzerland on November 15 on the Felcsut field in Hungary.
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