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Montreal group urges city to bar Israel cycling team from Grand Prix
Palestinian and Jewish Unity urges exclusion of Israel Premier Tech from Montreal race amid political protests; team co-owner calls riders ambassadors for Israel.
- Next week, Palestinian and Jewish Unity urged Mayor Valérie Plante to bar Israel Premier Tech from the Grand Prix de Montréal, calling for the team's exclusion.
- Following disruptions in Spain, calls from pro-Palestinian protesters urged Israel-Premier Tech to withdraw from the Vuelta a España, and Spain's foreign minister signalled support for expelling the team.
- Pier-André Côté is riding with Israel-Premier Tech at the Vuelta, and photographs show him competing in Bilbao, Spain on Wednesday.
- Hundreds joined Moh Ahmed, Canadian Olympic runner, in urging Tennis Canada to cancel next week's Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax; the report was first published Wednesday.
- The controversy ties to Israel-Premier Tech's national profile, with Palestinian and Jewish Unity urging the team's exclusion and Spain's foreign minister supporting expulsion after Vuelta protests.
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Montreal activists seek to bar Israeli cycling team from major race
A Canadian human rights group called on Montreal's mayor to exclude Israel-Premier Tech from Sunday's Grand Prix, warning of 'sportswashing' as the Gaza war grinds on. The demand follows similar European protests and debates over Israeli teams' participation in international sports
·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Montreal-based human rights group asks city officials to bar Israel-Premier Tech from cycling race
A Montreal-based human rights group has asked Mayor Valérie Plante to bar the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team from competing in Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal amid the war in Gaza, where aid workers say a famine is unfolding.
·United States
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The united Palestinian and Jewish group ask Mayor Valérie Plante to intervene.
·Montreal, Canada
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