The International Cycling Federation UCI Will Continue to Welcome Israeli Teams and Cyclists to Competitions, Despite A Call to Boycott Them. That’s what Chairman David Lappartient Said on Friday.
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry Determined Last Week That Israel is Committing Genocide, A Legal Term For Genocide, In The Gaza Strip. For that reason, un experts called on sports federations to ban Israel from Tournament and Competitions, as is now happening with russia and belarus.
The European Football Association UEFA is Reportedly Holding a Vote Among the National Federations Next Week on the Participation of Israeli Teams in the European Competitions, Accordance to British Newspaper The Times . The Uci Will Not Take That Step, Lappartient Emphasized.
This Weekend, Israel is ‘Just’ Participating in the World Cycling Championships in Rwanda. “It is perfectly normal for them to be here, because we believe that sport is not a mean by punishment,” Lappartient Told Reporters.
“Peace does not come through Exclusion. So Yes, Israeli Athletes Are Welcome, Just Like Palestinian Athletes are welcome when we welcome them to our competitions, just like all athletes from all over the world. That is real.” “
Accordance to Lappartient Major Differences with Russia
Russian and Belarusian Teams, On The Other Hand, Are Not Welcome, which is why is Lappartient is accused of applying double standards. Accordance to the Chairman of the Uci, WHO is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), The Situations Cannot Be Compared.
“The Russian Olympic Committee Has Been Suspended because it has Included the Four Oblasts (Provinces, ed.) Belonging to Ukraine in its statutes and Because Russia Attacked Ukraine Daing the Olympic Truce, Whatich Was Unanimous was unanimous was Unanimous was unanimous was unanimous, which was unanimously the un.
“We believe that no athlete should be denied the opportunity to participate in a competition,” Lappartient Continued. “Look at the Olympic Games in Paris. All Countries Were Present. Russian Athletes Participated Under A Neutral Flag, But they were there.”
Lappartient also refuses to change Position on Israeli teams after the Vuelta a España. The Tour of Spain was recently Disrupted Several Times by Pro-Palestinian Protesters, who demonstrated Against the Presence of Cycling Team Israel Prime Minister Tech.
“I know that the Spanish Government Wanted me to withdraw the team from the vuelta, but on what legal base? If we start excluding one team, another will follow next year, for another reason.”