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Ireland women's basketball team refuse to shake hands with Israel (www.bbc.com)

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[-] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Another article about this that makes it clearer.

Ireland team wanted to boycott game due to Israel's actions
Israeli player called Ireland antisemitic
Ireland team refused to shake hands. Possibly would have happened also without #2

this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024

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