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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 339

Tal Flicker

Israel's Peter Paltchik reacts after defeating Bulgarian Boris Georgiev during the men's under-100 kilogram weight category quarter final at the European Judo Championship 2020 in Prague, on November 21, 2020. (Michal Cizek/AFP)
November 21, 2020, 7:24 pm
Israeli Peter Paltchik wins gold at European Judo Championships
Judoka takes top spot in under-100 KG category, after fellow Israeli Tal Flicker wins a silver medal in separate weight class
By ToI Staff
Tal Flicker of Israel during the fight in the 66kg category at the Judo World Championship Budapest 2017, on August 28, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary. (Rok Rakun/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
September 3, 2018, 5:28 pm
Under pressure, UAE says it will treat Israelis equally at upcoming sports event
After judo federation banned Emirates from hosting grand slam over discrimination, athletes to be allowed to display Israeli flag, sing anthem
By Michael Bachner
Tal Flicker of Israel during the fight in the 66kg category at the Judo World Championship Budapest 2017, on August 28, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary. (Rok Rakun/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
July 20, 2018, 7:45 pm
UAE, Tunisia stripped of judo events for discriminating against Israeli athletes
International Judo Federation doesn’t explicitly mention Israel in its decision but notes last year’s ban on Israelis competing under national anthem, insignia
By Alexander Fulbright
Tal Flicker of Israel during the fight in the 66kg category at the Judo World Championship Budapest 2017, on August 28, 2017, in Budapest, Hungary. (Rok Rakun/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images/JTA)
October 30, 2017, 11:34 pm
Israel’s judo warriors take the ‘gentle way’ in pursuit of athletic glory
Despite winning five medals in the UAE, Israelis debate the merits of participation in an event where the country’s flag and anthem are banned
By Andrew Tobin
A flag with the text in Catalan "The people lead" is held up as people gather to celebrate the proclamation of a Catalan republic at the Sant Jaume square in Barcelona, on October 27, 2017. (AFP/Pau Barrena)
October 29, 2017, 9:03 am
Fake freedom, real freak-dom
Catalonia’s independence is seen as little more than a joke in Israel’s press, while the emotional ‘problems’ plaguing Sara Netanyahu are taken seriously
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli judo chief Moshe Ponte, left, with IJC head Marius Vizer, second left, and two Emirates sports officials meeting in Abu Dhabi on October 28, 2017, (IJF)
October 29, 2017, 1:06 am
UAE apologizes to Israel for judo handshake snub
International Judo official expresses hopes Israeli symbols will be allowed next time, after row over Abu Dhabi refusing anthem, flag
By ToI Staff
Israeli gold-medalist judoka Tal Flicker singing the Israeli national anthem despite local officials' refusal to play it at the Judo Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, where local judo authorities banned all Israeli symbols, October 26, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)
October 27, 2017, 7:27 pm
World judo must honor its own ethics code, stop UAE’s anti-Israel discrimination
The emirate trampled all over the sport’s governing principles in preventing Israel’s team from competing under its own name and symbols
By David Horovitz
Egypt's Islam El Shehaby (blue) refuses to shake hands after defeat by Israel's Or Sasson in their men's over-100kg judo contest at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 12, 2016. (AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)
October 26, 2017, 11:40 pm
When it comes to Israel, the Arab world isn’t a good sport
UAE’s refusal to play anthem for Israeli judoku who won gold is latest case of Sunni states bending over backward to pretend to boycott a country everyone knows they cooperate with
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli gold-medalist judoka Tal Flicker stands on the podium at the Judo Grand Slam in Abu Dhabi, where the local judo authorities banned the display of all Israeli symbols, on October 26, 2017. (YouTube screen capture)
October 26, 2017, 8:47 pm
Boycott-defying judo champ says he sang Israeli anthem ‘from the heart’
Tal Flicker, 25, says he focused on singing ‘Hatikvah’ during medal ceremony despite the ‘background noise’ music Abu Dhabi contest organizers played instead
By ToI Staff
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