Bruce's MidEast Soundbites

Capturing the MidEast in short soundbites: poignant reflections by people who understand the complexities of the Middle East. My philosophy is: "less is more." You won't agree with everything that's here, but I'm confident you will find it interesting! Excepting the titles, my own comments are minimal. Instead I rely on news sources to string together what I hope is an interesting, politically challenging, non-partisan, non-ideological narrative.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Arab rejectionism meets tennis

Sponsors Dump Dubai Open Over Treatment of Israeli Player

The Wall Street Journal Europe has revoked its sponsorship of the WTA Dubai Open Women's Tennis Tournament. This follows a decision by the Tennis Channel not to televise the Dubai tournament because the United Arab Emirates has denied a visa to Israeli player Shahar Peer [pictured above].
(AFP/Fox Sports)

Dubai Double Fault -Editorial

Dubai may wish to reconsider not only Ms. Peer's visa, but its attitude generally toward Israel.

A city-state that fancies itself a global mecca for commerce, sport and recreation ought to be able to handle a few Jews in its cosmopolitan midst.

(Wall Street Journal)
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1 comment:

LHwrites said...: Dubai needs to rethink this big time, or the free world needs to start isolating Dubai.; Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:42:00 AM