Barcelona rejected a request from an Israeli basketball crew to coach at its services subsequent week, a membership supply confirmed to AFP on Wednesday.
The Catalan membership mentioned it was for logistical and public order causes that it could not enable Hapoel Jerusalem to coach on its Palau Blaugrana court docket earlier than a match in opposition to Baxi Manresa on October 15 within the EuroCup competitors.
“We don’t wish to have any issues,” defined the membership supply, after a rise in protests in opposition to Israel due to the Gaza struggle.
The supply mentioned on that day preparations would additionally start for a Barca handball match within the Champions League, and that Manresa was obliged to permit its opponents use of its court docket.
Valencia Basket is because of face Hapoel Tel Aviv, one other Israeli crew, within the EuroLeague competitors on the identical day.
The professional-Palestinian BDS motion, calling for boycotts, divestment and sanctions in opposition to Israel, has referred to as for that match to be cancelled.
Spain’s authorities has labelled Israel’s actions a “genocide” and prime minister Pedro Sanchez in September referred to as for Israeli groups to be excluded from worldwide sport.
Israel’s navy marketing campaign in Gaza has killed at the very least 67,183 folks, in response to the well being ministry within the Hamas-run territory, figures the United Nations considers credible.
It launched its Gaza offensive in October 2023 in retaliation for an unprecedented cross-border assault by Palestinian militant group Hamas, which resulted within the deaths of 1,219 folks, most of them civilians, in response to an AFP tally of official Israeli figures.
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