UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BOYCOTTS ISRAELI SOCCER PLAYER

Abu Dabi, 6 Rabi’ul Awwal 1435/8 Januari 2014 (MINA) – The Boycott-movement is gaining momentum around the world. This week the Israeli soccer player Dan Mori could not join his Dutch team, Vitesse, on a training camp in Abu Dhabi due to the boycott.

”Yesterday, hours before leaving, the team received a message that I would not be able to enter Dubai. The club still planned for me to fly there, hoping to use connections once we were there to make sure I was allowed to enter, but this morning they told us that I would be arrested upon entry”, says Mori, who now will have to stay in the Netherlands, training with the reserve squad.

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The Dutch parlamentarian Geert Wilders, who also is an outspoken critic of Islam, criticesed the club for going to Abu Dabi without the Israeli defender, Palestine News Network (PNN) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions -movement (BDS) calls for an end to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including dismantling the wall and colonies; an end to Israel’s system of racial discrimination against its Palestinian citizens; and the UN-sanctioned and inherent right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes of origin.(T/P02/E1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)