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Ireland refused to shake hands with their Israeli counterpart, ahead of the first game of qualifying for the 2025 Women’s European Basketball Championship in Riga, Latvia.
The Irish basketball body said in a statement that it had informed the European Basketball Association that the team would not participate in pre-match conditions, including shaking hands with the Israeli team before the first whistle, as a direct result of recent comments made by Israeli players and coaching staff, including sensational and completely inaccurate accusations of anti-Semitism posted on official Israel FA channels.
On Wednesday, Israeli basketball player Dor Saar called the Irish team “completely anti-Semitic,” in an interview published on the Israel Basketball Association website.