{"id":103468,"date":"2023-04-16T07:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T05:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=103468"},"modified":"2023-04-09T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T14:30:03","slug":"16-05-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=103468","title":{"rendered":"Kuwaiti Fencer Pulls Out of World Fencing Championship After Being Matched Against Israeli Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Kuwaiti Fencer Pulls Out of World Fencing Championship After Being Matched Against Israeli Athlete<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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An aerial view shows Kuwait City, Kuwait, March 16, 2020. Photo: Reuters \/ Stephanie McGehee.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

A Kuwaiti athlete announced his withdrawal from the 2023 Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, after being selected in a lottery to go head-to-head against a fencer from Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ahmed Awad\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0Monday on Twitter that he made the decision after he was pitted against \u201ca player from the occupying Zionist entity, refusing to recognize the occupying Zionist entity and in solidarity with the brotherly state of Palestine.\u201d He added \u201cas Kuwaitis, we are always and forever with the Palestinian cause.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, Kuwaiti fencer Mohammed al-Fadli\u00a0pulled out<\/a>\u00a0of the of the World Fencing Championships in the United Arab Emirates for refusing to face an Israeli athlete in the group stage of the competition. He did the same in 2019 in an international competition in Amsterdam after he was also set to go up against an Israeli opponent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Kuwaiti athletes who have withdrawn from competitions against Israelis include 14-year-old tennis player Mohammed Al-Awadi and motosurf racer Abdul Razzaq Al-Baghli, both in 2022, and jujitsu champion\u00a0Abdullah Al Anjari<\/a>\u00a0in 2019. Kuwaiti inventor and engineer Janan Al-Shehab also withdrew her participation from Expo 2020 Dubai after a post published on the event\u2019s Instagram Story featured Israel\u2019s pavilion in the exhibition with the phrase \u201cLet\u2019s celebrate with Israel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Under Kuwaiti law, locals can face\u00a0penalties ranging from imprisonment to death for attempting to normalize relations with Israel, the Palestinian-run Shehab News Agency\u00a0reported.<\/a>\u00a0Kuwaitis and companies in the country also cannot sign any agreements with organizations or people in Israel and cannot engage in any financial or commercial gains with people who have an interest in Israel, the\u00a0Jerusalem Post<\/em>\u00a0explained. It is additionally illegal to import, exchange or own any Israeli products or goods that include any Israeli material.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Junior and Cadet Fencing World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, runs until April 9.<\/span><\/p>\n

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