{"id":2987,"date":"2025-09-28T06:39:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/israeli-team-out-of-top-italian-cycling-race-over-gaza-war-protest-concerns\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T06:39:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T06:39:45","slug":"israeli-team-out-of-top-italian-cycling-race-over-gaza-war-protest-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/israeli-team-out-of-top-italian-cycling-race-over-gaza-war-protest-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli team out of top Italian cycling race over Gaza war protest concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has been excluded from Italy\u2019s upcoming Giro dell\u2019Emilia competition due to concerns over public safety, race organisers said.<\/p>\n<p>The decision announced on Saturday comes after the recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/14\/spains-vuelta-cycling-finale-abandoned-after-pro-palestine-protests\">Vuelta a Espana <\/a> cycling race suffered several disruptions by pro-Palestinian protesters who took to the streets of the Spanish capital, Madrid, to block the participation of Israel-Premier Tech, forcing the cancellation of the race\u2019s final stage.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2025\/3\/31\/meta-profits-as-ads-promote-illegal-israeli-settlements-in-west-bank\">Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/5\/5\/us-bill-to-ban-israel-boycotts-faces-right-wing-backlash-over-free-speech\">US bill to ban Israel boycotts faces right-wing backlash over free speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/inside-story\/2025\/7\/4\/which-global-companies-are-benefitting-from-the-genocide-in-gaza\">Which global companies are benefitting from the genocide in Gaza?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Calls for Israel to be excluded from global sporting events, festivals and music competitions have been growing since the country\u2019s invasion of Gaza, which has killed almost 66,000 Palestinians, in an operation the United Nations has described as a \u201cgenocide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is with regret that, following recent events and given the characteristics of the final circuit, for the safety of all athletes, technical staff, and spectators, I have had to forgo the participation of the Team this year,\u201d said Adriano Amici, organiser of the one-day Giro dell\u2019Emilia, which will take place on October 4, finishing in Bologna.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to make this decision for reasons of public security,\u201d Amici told the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s too much danger for both the Israel Tech riders and others. The race\u2019s final circuit is run five times so the possibility of the race being disrupted is very high,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Police in the Italian city of Milan clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday, during a nationwide strike in Italy called by trade unions to protest against Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The Giro dell\u2019Emilia race concludes with a climb to the Madonna di San Luca sanctuary, not far from the historic centre of Bologna, which has a large student population and a long history of left-wing politics.<\/p>\n<p>Bologna\u2019s local government, which is controlled by the centre-left Democratic Party, called for Israel-Premier Tech\u2019s exclusion from the race, noting the Israeli government\u2019s guilt in carrying out \u201cserious crimes against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Roberta Li Calzi, the city\u2019s sport councillor, welcomed the decision to exclude the Israeli team, which is owned by Israeli-Canadian property developer Sylvan Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Adams, the president of the Israel region of the World Jewish Congress, is referred to by that organisation as \u201ccommitted to promoting Israel\u2019s global image\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven what is happening in Gaza it would have been hypocritical to consider the presence of a team linked to this [Israeli] government as insignificant,\u201d Calzi said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Pressure is mounting on Israel on all fronts over its brutal war and continued ignoring of international calls to end the slaughter of Palestinians.<\/p>\n<p>European football\u2019s governing body, UEFA, is expected to soon vote on whether to suspend Israel\u2019s football team, whose men\u2019s side is in the middle of attempting to qualify for next year\u2019s World Cup, from all competitions under its jurisdiction. The 20-member UEFA ruling committee is expected to secure a majority <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2025\/8\/20\/italian-football-coaches-seek-suspension-of-israel-world-cup-ties\">to exclude Israel<\/a> from games if that vote is called.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/9\/26\/eurovision-to-vote-on-israeli-participation-in-november\">Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> are also due to vote on excluding Israel from the 2026 competition due to its military onslaught in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team. The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has been excluded from Italy\u2019s upcoming Giro dell\u2019Emilia competition due to concerns over public safety, race organisers said. The decision announced on Saturday comes after the recent Vuelta a Espana cycling race suffered &#8230; <a title=\"Israeli team out of top Italian cycling race over Gaza war protest concerns\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/israeli-team-out-of-top-italian-cycling-race-over-gaza-war-protest-concerns\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Israeli team out of top Italian cycling race over Gaza war protest concerns\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}