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Boycotts of Israel in sports refer to various diqualifications and denial of Israeli athletes. Due to the Arab–Israeli conflict, Israeli athletes and teams have been barred from some competitions. In many worldwide competitions, where Israel does take part, such as the Olympics, some Arab and Muslim competitors avoid competing against Israelis. Some countries even force their athletes not to compete against Israelis or in Israel.

Contemporary examples

Mushir Salem Jawher, a Kenyan-born marathoner, lost his Bahraini citizenship after competing in the Kinneret Marathon in Israel.

2009 saw an increased amount of full or partial boycotts of Israeli athletes, probably related to Arab/Leftist fury over Operation Cast Lead. Tennis star Shahar Peer was denied a visa to participate in a tourament in Dubai, leading to comments from stars like Serena Williams and Andy Roddick that were critical of the Dubai authorities' decision (Roddick pulled out of a tournament in the country afterwards); after a response that included a cable network cancelling its coverage of the event and a large fine for the Dubai Tennis Authorities, Dubai did issue a visa for Israeli tennis player Andy Ram to compete that year. In further tennis-Israel related news, authorities in Malmo wanted to cancel a Davis Cup match between Israel and Sweden because they didn't want the Israeli team competing in the city, but an unwillingness to accept a Swedish forfeit (which would have eliminated Sweden from the competition) led to barring spectators from the match instead.

Supporters of the Boycott Divestment Sanctions movements also tried and failed to have Israeli teams barred from the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics, and have also advocated for Israel to be expelled or suspended from FIFA (to which it was provisionally accepted in 1992, and as a full member in 1994). Israel's position as part of the European-focused group (UEFA) of FIFA's regional sets is based on a boycott itself, since the Asian Federation expelled Israel in 1974 at the behest of the numerous Arab/Muslim nations who are part of that group.

Despite the country's international political issues, a growing number of Arab athletes are joining domestic Israeli sports teams and the international teams, including the Israel national football team. These include Rifaat Turk, Najwan Ghrayib, Walid Badir, Salim Toama, Abbas Suan, amongst others. Another Arab-Israeli, Johar Abu Lashin, born in Nazareth, was an IBO Welterweight champion.

Individual sporting boycott

Since the 21st century, Israeli athletes competing in tournaments have faced boycotts by athletes from Muslim countries (primarily Iran), speculated to be the result of political interferences.

Date Country origin Retired athlete's name Israeli athlete's name Sport type Event Official reason for retiring
17 February 2001  Iran Hamed Malekmohammadi Yoel Razvozov judo 2001 World Judo Championships
26 July 2001  Tunisia Sadok Khalki Arik Zeevi judo 2001 World Judo Championships
22 June 2003  Iran Iran national five-a-side soccer team Israel national five-a-side soccer team soccer 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games
15 August 2004  Iran Arash Miresmaeili Ehud Vaks judo 2004 Summer Olympics
4 August 2005  Iran Iran U-21 men national basketball team Israel U-21 men national basketball team basketball FIBA Under-21 World Championship Visa issues
6 July 2006  Indonesia Indonesia Fed Cup team Israel Fed Cup team tennis 2006 Fed Cup
28 January 2007  Iran Ahmad Ksanfandi (referee) Gal Yekutiel judo 2007 Tbilisi judo Open
19 July 2007  Kuwait Mohammed al Ghareeb Amir Weintraub tennis 2007 Togliatti challenger Stomach problems
18 September 2007  Iran Mehdi Mohammadi Ilia Shafran amateur wrestling 2007 World Wrestling Championships
10 August 2008  Iran Mohammad Alirezaei Tom Be'eri swimming 2008 Summer Olympics Indigestion
15 August 2008  Syria Bayan Jumah Anya Gostomelsky swimming 2008 Summer Olympics
28 July 2009  Iran Mohammad Alirezaei Michael Malul swimming 2009 World Aquatics Championships
30 September 2009  Iran Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi Tomer Or fencing 2009 World Fencing Championships
1 October 2009  Iran Ali Fadja Slava Zingerman fencing 2009 World Fencing Championships Retired from entire competition
1 October 2009  Iran Mohammad Mohazzabnia Tomer Hodorov tennis 2009 Kenya Futures F1
7 February 2010  Kuwait Kuwait men's national pool team Israel men's national pool team pool 2010 Hanover world team A championship Food poison of 4 players
4 April 2010  Iran Iran youth national volleyball team Israel youth national volleyball team volleyball 2010 International Volleyball Tournament Pordenone
10 April 2010  Iran Meisam Bagheri Moty Lugassi taekwondo A-Class Belgian Open 2010
28 April 2010  Iran Iran men's national table tennis team Israel men's national table tennis team table tennis 2011 Luxembourg Table Tennis championship
21 May 2010  Iran Ali Shahhosseini Misha Zilberman badminton 2010 Spanish Open
15 August 2010  Iran Mohammad Soleimani Gili Haimovitz taekwondo 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
4 November 2010  Iran Hamed Sayyad Ghanbari Maor Hatoel fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
4 November 2010  Iran Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi Kobi Hatoel fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
5 November 2010  Iran Hamed Sedaghati Ido Herpe fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
5 November 2010  Iran Sadegh Abedi Grigori Beskin fencing 2010 World Fencing Championships
5 May 2011  Algeria Zakaria Chenouf Adam Sagir taekwondo 2011 World Taekwondo Championships
24 July 2011  Iran Mohammad Alirezaei Gal Nevo swimming 2011 World Aquatics Championships Tiredness
20 August 2011  Iran Iran men's national volleyball team Israel men's national volleyball team volleyball 2011 Summer Universiade
11 September 2011  Iran Ghasem Rezaei Robert Avanesyan amateur wrestling 2011 World Wrestling Championships
18 September 2011  Iran Javad Mahjoub Or Sasson judo World Cup Tashkent 2011
1 October 2011  Algeria Meriem Moussa Shahar Levi judo World Cup Women Rome 2011
1 October 2011  Algeria Rahou Abdelmalek Artem Masliy boxing 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships
10 October 2011  Iran Shervin Tolouei Oren Bassal fencing 2011 World Fencing Championships
5 November 2011  Iran Kaveh Mehrabi Misha Zilberman badminton 2011 Puerto Rico International Challenge
21 July 2015  Iran Saber Hoshmand/Abbas Pourasgari Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman beach volleyball 2015 FIVB Grand Slam Yokohama injury
7 August 2016  Saudi Arabia Joud Fahmy Christianne Legentil/Gili Cohen judo 2016 Summer Olympics sustain injuries to her arm and leg during training; ostensibly dropped out of match with Christianne Legentil of Mauritius to avoid match with Gili Cohen in next round
27 January 2017  Iran Majid Hassaninia ??? karate 21st Open de Paris - Karate Premier League "what is of paramount importance to every Iranian athlete is his/her beliefs plus support for the defenseless Palestinian nation"

See also

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