Switzerland fencing team turns away from Team Israel on medal podium at European championships

The European Fencing Championship featured a arguable protestation against Team Israel successful Tallinn, Estonia, Saturday night.

Members of Switzerland's metallic medal-winning under-23 fencing squad turned their backs to the Israeli golden medalists during the medal ceremonial portion Israel's nationalist anthem played.

Israeli defeated Switzerland 45–34 to triumph gold.

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Saber fencing cogwheel during the USA Fencing Division I National Championships astatine the Greater Richmond Convention Center April 11, 2016, successful Richmond, Va.  (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

After the incident, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar condemned Switzerland for the protest.

Israel's fencing squad has faced erstwhile protests by opponents successful caller years. 

Iraq's nationalist fencing squad withdrew from a lucifer against Israel astatine the World Fencing Championship successful Istanbul successful May 2023.

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FIFA's disciplinary committee was asked to look into allegations of favoritism against Team Israel and adjacent had to see a suspension aft it was requested by the Palestinian shot federation, the PFA. The PFA specifically accused the Israeli federation IFA of being complicit successful violations of planetary instrumentality by the Israeli government, favoritism against Arab players and inclusion successful its league of clubs located successful Palestinian territory.

FIFA did not suspend Israel, and the IFA aboriginal lambasted the PFA implicit the accusations successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital. 

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A Georgia mediate schoolhouse teacher was arrested aft allegedly threatening to chopped disconnected the caput of a Muslim pupil who confronted him astir an Israeli emblem successful his classroom. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

"Whoever fantasized astir the suspension of Israeli shot from the planetary arena oregon sanctions done lies and mendacious accusations has suffered a defeat," the connection said. "Again, we person acted implicit clip successful antithetic channels, successful a calculated and proactive mode successful the look of the situation of the Palestinian Association and its person to distort reality, and the effect contiguous leaves nary country for doubt. 

"We respect the authors of the study submitted to the assembly members and the determination of the assembly members to see transferring 2 issues to a ineligible examination, arsenic agelong arsenic determination is immoderate factual justification for it. Thanks to values that correspond a glorious ideology and an autarkic and determined ineligible strategy of the Football Association, we person ne'er violated and volition not interruption immoderate of the FIFA/UEFA rules." 

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