Arab boycott Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/arab-boycott/ The low down on African affairs Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Arab boycott Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/arab-boycott/ 32 32 Tunisian withdraws rather than play an Israeli https://jjcornish.com/2015/02/tunisian-withdraws-rather-play-israeli/ Wed, 04 Feb 2015 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2015/02/tunisian-withdraws-rather-play-israeli/ Tunisian tennis player Malek Jaziri has thrown a match rather than play an Israeli in the next round of aFrench tournament. Three ago Jaziri was ordered by Tunisian authorities not too go on court against an Israeli – earning the country’s explusion from the 2014 Davis Cup. Malek Jaziri won the first set 6-3 in […]

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]]> Tunisian tennis player Malek Jaziri has thrown a match rather than play an Israeli in the next round of aFrench tournament.

Three ago Jaziri was ordered by Tunisian authorities not too go on court against an Israeli – earning the country’s explusion from the 2014 Davis Cup.

Malek Jaziri won the first set 6-3 in the first round of the tournament in Montpellier.

He then withdrew, citing an injury.

Had he won, his second round opponent would have been a Israeli Dudi Sela

In Australia last month, Jaziri withdrew from the doubles where he would have faced an Israeli opponent.

Arab countries have for decades observed boycotts against Israeli athletes in protest over the situation in Palestine.

Tunisia’s tennis federation was banned from the 2014 Davis Cup after it ordered Jaziri to withdraw from a match against an Israeli opponent at a tournament in Uzbekistan.

 

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