PMO hails baseball team as ‘source of Jewish and Israeli pride’

15 March 2017, 3:41 pm

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The Prime Minister Office’s director-general Eli Groner hails the Israel baseball team.

“Israel’s achievements in baseball this year are a source of Jewish and Israeli pride,” he tells The Times of Israel.

“These are players that take off their baseball hats and proudly wear skullcaps while singing the Israeli anthem before the game. That’s a diplomatic achievement that is going to stay with us for many years. The State of Israel and the Foreign Ministry invest many resources into building relationships with many countries in the world where baseball is an important sport, like Japan, Latin America, China, Taiwan and others, and therefore Israel’s success is not only an athletic success but also a diplomatic success.”

— Raphael Ahren