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2025-04-28 International-UN-NGOs

Swiss fencers turn backs on winning Israeli team as ‘Hatikvah’ plays at championship

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-04-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [192 views ] Top

#1 Israel’s fencing team has faced protests in the past. In May 2023, Iraq’s national fencing team pulled out of a match against Israel at the World Fencing Championship in Istanbul.

Iraqis knew they couldn't win. The Swiss ...

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-04-28 06:33|| 2025-04-28 06:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Wonder how many muslim fencers on the Swiss team?
Guess we'll know when "Scimitar" becomes the 4th fencing weapon in Chocolate-money land

Posted by Mercutio 2025-04-28 08:59|| 2025-04-28 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 How embarrassing, beaten by untermenschen. And even more embarrassing to be such poor sports about it.

Posted by SteveS 2025-04-28 11:39|| 2025-04-28 11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 @2 Their names were mangled by transliteration. The latin spelling is "Ian Hauri, Théo Brochard, Jonathan Fuhrimann, Sven Vineis."

If they're Muslims, they're more likely to be converts than ~~colonizers~~ migrants.

They have been forced to apologize according to this article.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-04-28 17:17|| 2025-04-28 17:17|| Front Page Top

#5 …and a thrust in the kidney…
…touché!…

Posted by Glolutch Tingle1702 2025-04-28 18:42|| 2025-04-28 18:42|| Front Page Top

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