The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on Wednesday that Israel had been expelled from all competitions.
Israeli media reported on Friday that the Ice Hockey Federation of Israel (IHFI), along with the Israeli Olympic Committee, will file a claim with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over Israel’s ousting from the ice hockey world championship.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on Wednesday that Israel had been expelled from all competitions due to “safety and security” concerns.
“In accordance with IIHF’s duty of care to protect all participants at IIHF Competitions (…) the IIHF Council (…) has decided to restrict the Israeli National Team from participating in IIHF Championships,” the Federation’s statement read.
The same procedure was used to ban Russia and Belarus from competition two years ago.
The Jerusalem Post quoted Yael Arad, chairwoman of the Israeli Olympic Committee, as saying that this is a “dangerous decision that stinks of antisemitism under the guise of safety for the athletes.”
According to further clarifications offered by the IIHF, the decision “currently affects the Israeli National Team’s participation in the 2024 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship Division III Group B scheduled to start on 22 January 2024”.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on Wednesday that Israel had been expelled from all competitions.
Good. We banned Russia from the Olympics because they were murderous dicks, and we’re allowed to not invite people to our social events if we know they’re killing children. It’s good, now, to see that principle being applied across the board.
had been expelled from all competitions due to “safety and security” concerns
Oh, blow me. Be honest about why, or don’t do it. The bad-faith arguments will come; you don’t need to give them extra ammunition.
There were additional clarifications Israel is in good standing with the IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/57588/restriction_of_israeli_national_team_explained
That’s incredibly disappointing. Like I said, either ban the athletes because their flag country is committing war crimes, or just let the people play hockey. Saying you’re concerned that having Israelis exist in public is a safety hazard and you can’t allow yourself or people you care about to be near them, but you fully support Israel and of course you love Israelis, is just going to piss everyone off. FWIW, here’s their actual announcement about the ban, the text of which is weird.
The OP article points out, correctly, that they said exactly the same type of bullshit when they banned Russia and Belarus from play 2 years ago. Here’s what they said about it back then:
“The IIHF is not a political entity and cannot influence the decisions being taken over the war in Ukraine,” said IIHF President Luc Tardif. “We nevertheless have a duty of care to all of our members and participants and must therefore do all we can to ensure that we are able to operate our events in a safe environment for all teams taking part in the IIHF World Championship program.”
Hmm, so are you saying that sporting events should hold a trial to find Israel guilty of war crimes? Because unless I’ve missed something this is what they’d have to do to formally make this claim.
I don’t think a sport organisation can start making war crime claims, and rightfully so.
Personally I think they’ve done the best they can. We’re all very confident Israel are committing war crimes. We’re all very confident this is the real reason they’ve been banned. It’s good that sport organisations have an avenue to exclude these countries without causing major diplomatic issues.
I think they should have the guts to actually say it out loud, rather than play this coy game that avoids the elephant in the room.
The same procedure was used to ban Russia and Belarus from competition two years ago.
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a “dangerous decision that stinks of antisemitism…"
Ok bub
stinks of antisemitism
Israel is not the same as Jewish.
This is an act against Israel, not the Jewish.
Israel make a mockery of the Jewish people by doing horrendous things in their name, and then defend themselves by calling everyone antisemites.
It’s disgusting.
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