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Ireland women's basketball team refuse to shake hands with Israel (www.bbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MarcoPOLO@sh.itjust.works to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[–] livus@kbin.social 44 points 7 months ago

National sports teams represent their countries.

Sports boycotts are a useful way of alerting a country's citizens that we are upset by the actions of the government they have chosen to represent them.