Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale.israele
Titolo: Ancora sui Campionati Mondiali di Scherma ad 'Aqaba

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/384026.html
L'articolo dice che gli schermidori israeliani si sono presentati lo stesso
ad 'Aqaba ed hanno partecipato al torneo.
Ed il suo organizzatore, Awani Kashat, ha avuto parole di fuoco contro il
presidente della Federazione Giordana di Scherma, Khalid Attiyat,
accusandolo di aver voluto cattivarsi i favori degli "Islamisti" con una
mossa che non era certo condivisa dal Governo e dalla Corona, in quanto la
Giordania ha piene relazioni diplomatiche con Israele.
Kashat dice che Khalid è riuscito a scontentare tutti (il Governo, gli
Islamisti illusi e poi delusi, e perfino la Federazione Internazionale di
Scherma, che ha preso le parti d'Israele), e che dovrebbe dimettersi.
Buona lettura e ciao.
Fencing / Jordanian federation head between a rock and a hard place
 
By Yoav Borovitz
 
 
 
AQABA - The head of the Jordan Fencing Federation, Khalid Attiyat, may have
to step down following the storm unleashed over the Israeli delegation's
participation at the World Cup meet in Aqaba.
 
 
 
 
The Jordanian federation tried to stop Israel from participating, but the
Israeli team turned up in Aqaba and took part in the competition over
Jordanian protests.
The affair has been widely covered by the Jordanian media, and Tuesday, the
country's largest daily, Al Arab al-Youm, published a report praising
Attiyat for preventing the Israeli delegation from participating in the
tournament. But the International Fencing Federation confirmed Israel's
right to compete, and in a column yesterday, the paper attacked Attiyat for
leading the public astray, demanding that he be axed.
"Attiyat behaved foolishly, and did not understand that sport goes beyond
his narrow considerations," the head of the competition's organizing
committee, Awani Kashat, said yesterday. Kashat, a former pilot in the Royal
Jordanian Air Force who supported Israel's participation in the competition
added: "There are two schools of thought in Jordan. The official one, which
says that we have full diplomatic relations with Israel, with all that it
implies. But the more popular school of thought is that of the Islamists,
which rejects any contact with Israelis."
"Attiyat wanted to make a hero of himself by blocking Israel's
participation, but we all know what the order from above was in the end.
There is enormous anger in the corridors of power with Attiyat and the JFF
for turning the issue into a political one, and on the other hand, the
Islamic public sees itself as betrayed. Attiyat is between a rock and a hard
place, and I think that he will have to step down."
Or loses controversial decision
In the competition, a controversial refereeing decision cost Tomer Or a
place in the finals of the men's foil. Or lost 13-15 to Ralf Biessdorf of
Germany Friday after the referee awarded the final point of the bout to the
German, much to the delight of the local fans. Or came back from 14-9 to
14-13 and when both fencers scored a touch simultaneously the referee
awarded Biessdorf the point even though Or looked to have initiated the
attack. In the women's event, Ayelet Ohayon, Lydia Hatouel and Dalila
Hatouel all advanced to the knock out stage.
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Una vittoria del buonsenso e della civilta'. Anche il commento
dell'organizzatore, che sconfessava l'operato discriminatorio. Ci
vorrebbero piu' persone cosi.