World Paralympic Swimming Championship: Malaysia bans Israeli athletes on Malaysian soil.





We cannot do anything to Israel, but we don’t want to have anything to do with them.” - Malaysian PM, Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. 

World paralympic swimming championship was scheduled to be held in the Malaysian city of Kuching end July 2019.   When Malaysia imposed the ban, the International Paralympic Committee stripped Malaysia of the right to host the event, and as usual, Israel labeled the Malaysian PM with its standard condemnation "anti-semitic."  However, Malaysia didn't care a fig and adamantly continued to uphold the ban for Israel's persistent gross human rights violations in Gaza and West Bank.  

A wondrous change from the decision of gulf Arab leaders eager to normalize ties with the killer state.

Complete story:  Electronic Intifada.


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