Denmark Vesey: Israeli Tennis Player Banned From Dubai Tournament To Avoid Protests - Watch Media Spin That Avoids Causal Relationship With Israeli Terror

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Israeli Tennis Player Banned From Dubai Tournament To Avoid Protests - Watch Media Spin That Avoids Causal Relationship With Israeli Terror

(CNN) -- Organizers of a tennis tournament in Dubai, criticized for banning an Israeli female player, said Tuesday they were trying to protect the woman from anti-Israel protests.

Shahar Peer told CNN she learned of her visa ban Saturday, just before her scheduled flight to Dubai.

"The Tournament respects Ms. Shahar Peer as a professional tennis player on the Tour and understands her disappointment," the organizers wrote in a statement.

"Ms. Peer personally witnessed protests against her at another tournament in New Zealand only a few weeks ago.

"We do not wish to politicize sports, but we have to be sensitive to recent events in the region and not alienate or put at risk the players and the many tennis fans of different nationalities that we have here."

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