Shahar Peer

Originally posted by SwissGambit
They banned her to protest Israel's recent actions in Gaza. Tennis indeed had nothing to do with it.

So her being a tennisplayer has nothing to do with it. This is a pure political decision of some kind. Like the US boycott of Olympic games in Moscow 1980, because of the Soviet intervention in Afganistan. If this is a boycott of Israeli players because of the Israeli killings of Gaza innocent people, then I clap my hands. But it has nothing to do with the tennis event at all.

Originally posted by FabianFnas
So her being a tennisplayer has nothing to do with it. This is a pure political decision of some kind. Like the US boycott of Olympic games in Moscow 1980, because of the Soviet intervention in Afganistan. If this is a boycott of Israeli players because of the Israeli killings of Gaza innocent people, then I clap my hands. But it has nothing to do with the tennis event at all.

I understand they're letting an Israeli man play in the next tournament in Dubai coming up. Perhaps an Israeli woman was just too much! Maybe the government is supporting Israel's decision to kill innocent Gazans by flaunting an Israeli inside their borders.

But yes, it has nothing to do with tennis at all.