Winner of Tiberias marathon gets citizenship revoked

[Gershon]

First competitor in Israel marathon from an Arab country gets citizenship revoked.

Bahrein is revoking the citizenship of one of its runners for having participated in the Tiberias marathon in Israel. Mushir Jawar won this competition last Thursday in 2hours 13 minutes and 12 seconds. (Guysen.Israël.News)

IF the winner did it in less than 2 hours he got $40k.

Tiberias Marathon salutes the North
14.11.06
The 30th Tiberias Marathon will be marked by a salute to the North. This race forms the peak of the annual Road running season. At the present it is the only full 42,195 Meter race in the country.
The organizing committee, composed of Tiberias municipality and the IAA representatives, has arranged for prize money totaling above $ 100,000. The winner – man or woman- breaking the course record may win up to $ 40,000.
Senior runners from Ethiopia and Kenya have been invited and runners of high quality European runners will join up.
Medals produced on the occasion of the 30th edition of the race will be awarded to each participant.

Athlete stripped of Bahraini citizenship for competing in an Israeli marathon By Reem Khalifa ASSOCIATED PRESS
11:47 a.m. January 6, 2007

01/07 7:07 AM
MANAMA, Bahrain -- Authorities have revoked the Bahraini citizenship of an athlete who ran in an Israeli marathon, the nation's athletic union said Saturday.
Mushir Salem Jawher competed in and won the Tiberias Marathon in Israel on Thursday, ending the race in just over 2 hours and 13 minutes.
Bahrain, like most Arab states, does not recognize Israel, and the Jerusalem Post newspaper said Jawher was the first athlete from an Arab country to compete in an Israeli marathon.
Jawher was born in Kenya in 1978 and moved to Bahrain in 2003, according to the International Association of Athletics Federation. Some wealthy Arab states, such as Bahrain and Qatar, have a history of granting top-notch athletes citizenship in the hopes of racking up more wins in international competitions.
The Jerusalem Post cited Jawher as saying he was “very proud” to have run in Israel.
Bahrain's Athletic Union said in a statement Saturday that it had received the news that a Bahraini national competed in Israel with “shock and regret.”
“The union deeply regrets what the athlete has done,” the statement said. A committee of sport and government authorities decided to strike Jawher's name off the sport union records and strip him of his Bahraini nationality, the statement said. It said Jawher had entered Israel with his Kenyan passport and added that the runner's Bahraini citizenship was revoked because he had “violated the laws of Bahrain.”

[Justcurious]

Gershon's article: "The winner – man or woman- breaking the course record may win up to $ 40,000."

Are any other sexes allowed (e.g. gay)? Would a woman have any chance in a race against a man? I doubt. Also, what are the conditions for winning the prize? The rules say that the winner may win the prize.

A sad story indeed. Politics played a role in Eastern Bloc countries, the tensions are being relaxed between North and South Korean sportsmen, but it appears that there is still something between the Arab countries and Israel. The latter's athletes freely participate in Arab countries, don't they?

[Mediocrates]

"We used to have fire, but the inventor died"

-Bahrain

[Mediocrates]

Tiger Woods better hope there is never a major Golf Event in Israel. He spends a lot of the year in Bahrain training. So does Roger Feder BTW.

I 100% support Arab nations acting retarded. We need more of it.

[Gershon]

Justcurios asks,

A sad story indeed. Politics played a role in
Eastern Bloc countries, the tensions are being
relaxed between North and South Korean sportsmen, but
it appears that there is still something between
the Arab countries and Israel. The latter's
athletes freely participate in Arab countries, don't
they?

The Israeli Arabs are not treated so poorly:Qatar has become the first Arab country to donate money to a town inside Israel, giving $6 million (NIS 27.5 million) to an Israeli Arab town in northern Israel to build a sports stadium, officials said Tuesday.


I'm not sure how the Arabs treat Israeli Arabs who want to compete in Arab countries. Anybody know or guess?


Israeli Athletes' Participation in Egyptian Sports Competitions is Forbidden Because They Stole Land, Money, and Honor Sheikh Ali Abu Al-Hassan, former assistant in matters of religious rulings to Al-Azhar Sheikh Tantawi, issued a fatwa against Sheikh Tantawi's ruling in favor of normalization. Abu Al-Hassan's fatwa prohibits the participation of Israeli sports teams in competitions that take place in Muslim countries. He also told the Egyptian daily Al-Yaum that "Israelis' participation in the judo championship is prohibited by Shari'a, since they are rivals who stole land, money and honor. [Participation in] sports competitions and cooperation with them imply consent to their actions against us." [13]

March 03, 2006

Tennis vs. The Jews, Part III: This Time it's Qatar

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By Debbie Schlussel
On this site, we've documented (here and here) that Jews and Israelis are not welcome in Dubai, the country that soon will control 22 of America's major ports. We talked about how Andre Agassi and others played in this week's Dubai Open, a bigoted tennis tournament, not open to Jewish Israeli passport holders.
Today, we read in the sports pages about how Martina Hingis reached the semifinals of the Qatar Open (she played in the women's portion of the Dubai Open, a week or so ago).
We figured that the Emirate of Qatar is no different from the Emirate of Dubai, in that it does not allow Jewish Israelis. And we were right. Yet, another tournament in which Israeli tennis pro Shahar Peer cannot play. Yet another tournament given full accreditation for rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), both U.S.-based and both with no apparent shame over participating in bigotry.

Sheraton, Sony Ericsson, and Mercedes Benz are among the sponsors of this bigoted event. Boycott them. If you are Jewish, they are already boycotting you. Ditto for these sponsors of the Dubai Open: Sony Ericsson (twice is nice), Adidas, Lacoste, Audi, and Xerox.
Martina Hingis, you ought to be ashamed. Ditto for the rest of those who played in the anti-Semitic Dubai and Qatar Opens. They are all partners in anti-Semitism. They include: Martina Navratilova (against anti-Gay/Lesbian Discrimination; anti-Semitism, A-Okay), Sania Mirza (won't play with Jewish doubles partner anywhere, doesn't want to upset Muslims), Andre Agassi, Marat Safin, Maria Sharapova, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Amelie Mauresmo, and these others (here, here, and here).
Not sure why they call these the Dubai and Qatar Opens. Both are very clearly CLOSED.


Posted by Debbie at March 3, 2006 03:29 PM

[psyops]

Justcurios asks,
The Israeli Arabs are not treated so poorly:Qatar has become the first Arab country to donate money to a town inside Israel, giving $6 million (NIS 27.5 million) to an Israeli Arab town in northern Israel to build a sports stadium, officials said Tuesday.


I'm not sure how the Arabs treat Israeli Arabs who want to compete in Arab countries. Anybody know or guess?


Israeli Athletes' Participation in Egyptian Sports Competitions is Forbidden Because They Stole Land, Money, and Honor Sheikh Ali Abu Al-Hassan, former assistant in matters of religious rulings to Al-Azhar Sheikh Tantawi, issued a fatwa against Sheikh Tantawi's ruling in favor of normalization. Abu Al-Hassan's fatwa prohibits the participation of Israeli sports teams in competitions that take place in Muslim countries. He also told the Egyptian daily Al-Yaum that "Israelis' participation in the judo championship is prohibited by Shari'a, since they are rivals who stole land, money and honor. [Participation in] sports competitions and cooperation with them imply consent to their actions against us." [13]

March 03, 2006

Tennis vs. The Jews, Part III: This Time it's Qatar

Printer Friendly
By Debbie Schlussel
On this site, we've documented (here and here) that Jews and Israelis are not welcome in Dubai, the country that soon will control 22 of America's major ports. We talked about how Andre Agassi and others played in this week's Dubai Open, a bigoted tennis tournament, not open to Jewish Israeli passport holders.
Today, we read in the sports pages about how Martina Hingis reached the semifinals of the Qatar Open (she played in the women's portion of the Dubai Open, a week or so ago).
We figured that the Emirate of Qatar is no different from the Emirate of Dubai, in that it does not allow Jewish Israelis. And we were right. Yet, another tournament in which Israeli tennis pro Shahar Peer cannot play. Yet another tournament given full accreditation for rankings by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), both U.S.-based and both with no apparent shame over participating in bigotry.

Sheraton, Sony Ericsson, and Mercedes Benz are among the sponsors of this bigoted event. Boycott them. If you are Jewish, they are already boycotting you. Ditto for these sponsors of the Dubai Open: Sony Ericsson (twice is nice), Adidas, Lacoste, Audi, and Xerox.
Martina Hingis, you ought to be ashamed. Ditto for the rest of those who played in the anti-Semitic Dubai and Qatar Opens. They are all partners in anti-Semitism. They include: Martina Navratilova (against anti-Gay/Lesbian Discrimination; anti-Semitism, A-Okay), Sania Mirza (won't play with Jewish doubles partner anywhere, doesn't want to upset Muslims), Andre Agassi, Marat Safin, Maria Sharapova, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Amelie Mauresmo, and these others (here, here, and here).
Not sure why they call these the Dubai and Qatar Opens. Both are very clearly CLOSED.
Posted by Debbie at March 3, 2006 03:29 PM

The same type bans were enacted against South African athletes for many years on grounds that that nation practiced apartheid. It became politically correct to ban South African athletes from international competitions on those grounds. So now that Jimmy Carter has pronounced Israel a nation practicing apartheid, and now that American academia and the left are falling in line behind that idea, banning Israelis from international sporting events will no longer be regarded anti-Semitism or bias, rather it will be regarded the ethically accepted course to follow.

[Mediocrates]

This is more than a ban. Here is a naturalized citizen who is being stripped of that. Again, I fully support Retardocracies though. We need more of their stupidity. Let's see them murder some women's rights activists like in Iran.

Huzzah! Huzzah!

[psyops]

This is more than a ban. Here is a naturalized citizen who is being stripped of that. Again, I fully support Retardocracies though. We need more of their stupidity. Let's see them murder some women's rights activists like in Iran.

Huzzah! Huzzah!

We'll make him a citizen if he wants to come to California. Being an American citizen in California he'll be a minority though. He should understand that coming in.

[Mediocrates]

Kenyan distance runners in the US. Where will they ever find a home?

[Theodikritis]

The same type bans were enacted against South African athletes for many years on grounds that that nation practiced apartheid. It became politically correct to ban South African athletes from international competitions on those grounds. So now that Jimmy Carter has pronounced Israel a nation practicing apartheid, and now that American academia and the left are falling in line behind that idea, banning Israelis from international sporting events will no longer be regarded anti-Semitism or bias, rather it will be regarded the ethically accepted course to follow.

I don't know anyone apart from a few communists and Albanians who wish Israeli athletes banned from international sporting events.

[psyops]

I don't know anyone apart from a few communists and Albanians who wish Israeli athletes banned from international sporting events.

Stick around.

[Gershon]

The Palestinian coach of the Israeli-Palestinian football team for peace has defended his players. The Palestinian football federation announced last week that it would punish players who had collaborated with Israelis during the match of the 27th December in Seville. The trainer Jamel Houdeida said that this cooperation would not last one minute after the final whistle of the game. (Guysen.Israכl.News)

Hey we are on the road to peace!

[Justcurious]

The Palestinian coach of the Israeli-Palestinian football team for peace has defended his players. The Palestinian football federation announced last week that it would punish players who had collaborated with Israelis during the match of the 27th December in Seville. The trainer Jamel Houdeida said that this cooperation would not last one minute after the final whistle of the game. (Guysen.Israכl.News)

Hey we are on the road to peace!

Peace efforts tend to look a bit hilarious more and more often.

[Xtro2007]

when will the press subject the arab world to the embarassment of having their behaviors scrutinized publically?

[Mediocrates]

Let's trot out all those Iraqi athletes who were tortured by Uday.