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Qatari media largely ignores display of Israeli flag, national anthem in Doha | |
2019-03-25 | |
![]() i media while the Israeli national anthem was played and the country’s flag raised following the gold medal win by Israeli athlete Alexander Shatilov. Shatilov won a gold medal on the first day of the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) ART Individual Apparatus World Cup finals in Doha. A video of Shatilov receiving his gold medal while the "Hatikvah" was being played was shared by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Twitter account in Arabic. "Watch: the Israeli national anthem in Qatar... This is a great achievement for Israeli sports," the tweet read. | |
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