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Malaysia stripped of Paralympics swim meet after banning Israelis
By
Herb Keinon,
REUTERS
January 27, 2019
Jerusalem Post International news
The International Paralympic Committee vowed that all athletes should be able to compete without discrimination, after the Muslim-majority country barred Israelis from the competition.
The international Paralympic Committee (IPC) ON Sunday stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships because the country said it would
not let Israeli athletes participate
.
The championships were due to be held in Kuching between 29 July and 4 August.
According to a statement issued by the IPC, the decision was taken at a meeting of its governing board in in London, after Malaysia “failed to provide the necessary guarantees that Israeli Para swimmers could participate, free from discrimination, and safely in the Championships.”
Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon tweeted that this “is a victory of values over hatred and bigotry, a strong statement in favor of freedom and equality. Thank you @Paralympics for your brave decision!!!”
Earlier this month Malaysia’s cabinet decided that Israelis would not be allowed to enter the country for any event.
“Even if we have already committed to hosting an event, they will not be allowed [into the country],” Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said at a press conference. He said Malaysia would “not host any event that has representation from or participation of Israel.”
Following that cabinet decision, Israel turned to the IPC to either get that decision changed, or to move the venue.
“This is shameful and totally opposes the Olympic spirit,” the Foreign Ministry said. “Israel condemns the decision, inspired no doubt by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s rabid antisemitism.”
Mohamad has a decades-long history of antisemitic and virulently anti-Israel comments. “Jews rule the world by proxy,” he wrote in a 2012 blog.
In October, during a BBC interview, he described Jews as “hook-nosed.” During the same interview he said that “if you’re going to be truthful, the problem in the Middle East began with the creation of Israel.”
On Sunday, Andrew Parsons, the IPC President, said: “All World Championships must be open to all eligible athletes and nations to compete safely and free from discrimination. When a host country excludes athletes from a particular nation, for political reasons, then we have absolutely no alternative but to look for a new Championships host.
“The Paralympic Movement has, and always will be, motivated by a desire to drive inclusion, not exclusion,” Parsons said. “Regardless of the countries involved in this matter, the IPC would take the same decision again if it was to face a similar situation involving different countries.”
Parsons said that in September 2017, when the IPC signed the contract with the Paralympic Council of Malaysia to host the swimming championships, it received assurances that all eligible athletes and countries would be allowed to participate in the event with their safety assured.
“Since then, there has been a change of political leadership and the new Malaysian government has different ideas,” he said. “Politics and sport are never a good mix and we are disappointed that Israeli athletes would not have been allowed to compete in Malaysia.”
Parsons said a search is now on for a new venue for the championships, which is a qualifying meet for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Around 600 swimmers from 60 nations were expected to take part in Kuching with more than 160 world titles up for grabs.
https://www.jpost.com/International/Paralympics-committee-refuses-to-allow-Malaysia-to-ban-Israelis-578807?utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=21-2-2018&utm_content=paralympics-committee-refuses-to-allow-malaysia-to-ban-israelis-578807
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