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Turkey-Israel basketball game suspended after Gaza protests..
A basketball game between Turkish team Turk Telekom and Israeli team Bnei Hasharon was suspended on Tuesday after Turkish fans erupted in protest against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The referee suspended the match between Turk Telekom and Bnei Hasharon, part of a European basketball championship, and ordered the players back to the dressing room after hundreds of Turk Telekom fans began chanting Israel, killers! and God is great in an Ankara sports arena. The players of Turk Telekom also withdrew to their dressing rooms amid the chaos. Turkish fans hurled coins and other objects at Israeli players, and one fan threw his shoe at some Israeli players, but police used riot shields to protect them.
Bnei Hasharon refused to start the contest an hour and a half later, though police said they had cleared the arena. A disciplinary judge in the Union of European Basketball Leagues (ULEB) will review the situation and make a final ruling. Under league rules, the refusal to play a game by a team can be sanctioned, and the opposing team can be declared as the winner of the game by 20-0.
A group of citizens gathered earlier outside the sports arena and protested the match, setting an Israeli flag on fire. The group, made up of members of the Association of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed Peoples (MAZLUMDER) and the Humanitarian Aid Foundation (IHH), made a statement to the press before the match.
The groups spokesperson said: While Israel is bombing ambulances and health care centers in the Gaza Strip, the so-called human rights defender European Union remains silent. History will remember those supporting this violence with a curse. Although the group tried to enter the arena, they were not allowed to by police, and they continued their protests until the game was suspended.
The Israeli team departed from Ankara early Wednesday via the Ankara Esenbo?a Airport and came to Istanbul amid strict security measures. The team flew to Tel Aviv from Istanbul Ataturk Airport.
In the meantime, the Israeli press covered the suspension of the match as Terror in Turkey for Bnei Hasharon. The Jerusalem Post, an Israeli newspaper, reported that the team had witnessed terror. Bnei Hasharon captain Meir Tapiro also said the players were very frightened. They threw shoes, cigarette lighters, water bottles. We were holed up in the dressing room with police protection, Tapiro told Israeli Channel 5 television.
The Israelis were angered by the possibility that the game would be awarded as a technical victory to Turk Telekom because Bnei Hasharon refused to start the contest an hour and a half later, after police said they had cleared the arena.
Bnei Hasharon Chairman Eldad Akunis said the decision would be scandalous.
After such a trying ordeal, there was simply no point in playing. The players were just concerned for their safety, Akunis said. We were also given instructions by the Israeli Embassy staff, who were monitoring the situation, not to play.
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