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Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Leonard A. Cole appears courtesy JTA.
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The news out of Dubai has been rife with speculation about who assassinated Hamas terrorist commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a local hotel. Israeli agents and al-Mabhouh’s Palestinian rivals are high on the guess list.
But amid the who-did-it debate, a [...]
Tennis tournament is now Peer-less
Peer loses to Venus in Dubai tournament.
Breaking news now
(Hope I’m not infringing on anyone’s registered trademark there.)
From the JTA:
Ice dancers, skier are Israeli Olympians
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An ice-dancing pair and a skier will represent Israel at the Winter Olympics.
Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky, a brother-and-sister duo, and skier Mikail Renzhin will go to Vancouver next month, the Olympic Committee of Israel announced Monday at [...]
Speaking of tennis…
ADL recognies Venus Williams for her support of Israeli tennis star.
What do you mean, the invitation was misplaced?
Oh so now they want Shahar Peer to play in Dubai Tennis Championships next year?
According to this item in the Khaleej Times, the gesture was made “to redress the wrongs suffered by Sahar Peer.”
No word yet from the Israeli tennis star regarding an RSVP.
A religious POV on the Dubai tennis tournament
Rabbi Yaakov Salomon offers a Halachic take on the tennis situation in this video from AISH.com.
Yasher koach, Andy Roddick
Andy Roddick has announced he will not play in the men’s side of the Dubai tennis tournament to protest the exclusion of Shahar Pee from the women’s competition. Tony Kornheiser praised the action on yesterday’s Pardon the Interruption.
“This is a political stand which is something that very few athletes take, and I will happily lead [...]
More on Israeli sports vs. international politics
Harvey Araton, who recently wrote about the decision by UAE officials to ban Israeli tennis star Shahar Peer from participation in the Barclays tournament in Dubai, contributed this column on former Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball star Anthony Parker and his take on the difficulties of participating in sports in the Middle East.
I had the opportunity [...]
No Pardon for Peer treatment
On yesterday’s Pardon the Interruption, Tony Kornhesier and Mike Wilbon discussed the UAE decision to bar Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer from competing in the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships.
Wilbon quoted American star Venus Williams as saying that the players didn’t protest because “they didn’t want to faily their sponsors.” Kornheiser wasn’t sympathetic.
“Venus Williams, as a [...]
More on Peer
According to two stories in today’s New York Times, some entities are actually showing some backbone and standing up to the United Arab Emirates’ refusal to grant an entry visa to Shahar Peer, thereby barring her in Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships this week.
Richard Sadomir reports on the Tennis Channel’s refusal to televise the event, and [...]
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