Spain has called for Israel to be banned from participating in sporting events in protest against the genocide in Gaza.
Spanish Sports Minister Pilar Alegría said Israeli teams should be subject to the same sanctions imposed on Russian teams after the invasion of Ukraine.
The Spanish minister described the practice of not imposing sanctions on Israel as a double standard and said that it is difficult to explain this double standard.
A massacre is taking place in Gaza and the situation there is worsening day by day.
International sports organizations and committees should make a decision like in 2022 when sanctions were imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
He said that no Russian national team could participate in international competitions after the sanctions and the Russian national anthem was not played at international competitions.
Even if Russian players did participate, it was in an individual capacity and they could not carry the Russian flag and the Russian national anthem was not played for them.
It should be noted that there have been widespread protests in Spain against the presence of an Israeli team in the major cycling tour Volta a España.
The Spanish government has called Israel's aggression in Gaza "genocide" and has imposed several sanctions against Israel in this regard.
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