Sports Court Considers Israel Ban; Media Forgets Decades of Bans
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) is weighing whether Israel will compete in the World Gymnastics Championships. This follows Indonesia's refusal to host Israeli athletes for a separate tournament, citing solidarity with Palestinians. Funny how geopolitical debates often get punted to sports bodies when the ‘real’ international community routinely ignores decades of documented conduct.
While the mainstream media frames this as a unique incident, it’s a symptom of a much larger, global discontent. Activists have, for years, advocated for Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) efforts—including in sports—to pressure Israel for violations of international law, which Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have documented as apartheid. Why does it take a gymnastics federation to
even consider the implications of state actions, when world leaders are busy rubber-stamping weapons deals?