At least the Turks aren’t refusing to play against Israel altogether — President Erdogan must be so disappointed. And playing in Munich will allow Israeli fans to sit in the stadium like real people. Bavaria displays both moral and physical courage, unlike too many others.
[IsraelTimes] Decision comes as EuroLeague set to hold games in Israel beginning December 1, the first sports matches to return since the war beganFenerbahce’s upcoming EuroLeague home games against Israeli basketball teams Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv have been moved to Munich next month due to security concerns, the Ottoman Turkish club said on Wednesday.
The matches, originally set for November 11 and 13 in Istanbul, will now take place at Munich’s SAP Garden arena on the same dates following security measures introduced by Ottoman Turkish authorities.
The venue "has been approved by local authorities to host these matches, is available on the relevant dates, and meets EuroLeague match criteria," Fenerbahce, the defending EuroLeague champions, said in a statement.
The Istanbul-based club added that the games would be open to their supporters. Fenerbahce also relocated two home games against Maccabi to Lithuania last season.
Since the beginning of the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
war with the Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...-led October 7, 2023, attack, Israeli clubs in the EuroLeague and EuroCup have played their home games abroad.
But last week, following the October 10 ceasefire agreement, EuroLeague clubs met and "approved the proposal to return matches to Israel starting December 1, 2025," the body said. The competitions are set to become the first to return to Israel since the war began.
Relations between
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
and Israel have collapsed during the war. Fenerbahce Beko and Anadolu Efes are two top Ottoman Turkish clubs who protested the EuroLeague decision to once again let Israeli teams host European competition home games in Israel.
Maccabi Tel Aviv, six-time winners of the competition, and Hapoel Tel Aviv are playing in the EuroLeague this season, while Hapoel Jerusalem is in the second-tier EuroCup.
Sporting events across Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
have also been affected by the fallout from the conflict, with Israeli teams and fans facing exclusion and protest.
Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer fans were barred from attending next week’s Europa League match at Aston Villa, and were ambushed by
There have also been protests during Israel’s soccer World Cup qualifiers in Norway and Italia this month, while cycling team Israel-Premier Tech will undergo a full rebrand, moving away from its Israeli identity, after repeated disruptions targeting it during Spain’s Vuelta cycling race.
This month, Indonesia decided to deny visas to Israeli gymnasts to prevent them from participating in a world championship event in Jakarta.