Protest UAE's Exclusion of Israeli Tennis Players
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Author: orenleib
Started: February 19, 2009, 12:14:01 pm
Target: UAE Government, ATP, WTA, and all sponsors
Supporters:

173
Goal:

100,000
Goal Progress:

1% Complete
Status

Active
We, the undersigned, call on the WTA, the ATP, and all current sponsors to discontinue endorsing tennis tournaments in the United Arab Emirates for wrongfully excluding qualified Israeli tennis players wishing to compete in ongoing and future professional tennis tournaments being hosted there.

UAE officials have wrongfully denied visas to Israeli WTA player Shahar Peer and presumably Israeli ATP players Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram. This violates not only the ideals and sanctity of the ATP and WTA but of international sports as a whole. (Their stories can be read here: http://tinyurl.com/d2tf5c)

We believe that it is highly inappropriate, and perhaps unlawful, for international sporting organizations to support events in regions where players are wrongfully excluded based on their national origin or, for that matter, any form of protected discrimination (religion, race etc.)

We respectfully request that the ATP and WTA assume leadership roles in guaranteeing without equivocation that international sporting events in all regions are open to all qualified participants, regardless of nationality.




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Mike Weinstein said 06/07/09, 1:42 pm (unverified)
I support this petition.
#173

C Stearns said 06/07/09, 11:44 am (unverified)
Any International Sporting Organization That Allows /Supports in any manner - this type of prejudiced behavior should be Ashamed and Embarrassed by their behavior and pandering. This is \"Sportsmanship \" ? This is what we are teaching ? I support this petition.
#172

Fran Cohen said 06/03/09, 5:43 pm (unverified)
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#171

Kevin Graham said 04/30/09, 11:38 am (verified)
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Julie Kaplan said 04/08/09, 11:25 pm (verified)
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Judith Ribicoff said 02/27/09, 8:35 pm (verified)
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Daniel Grauer said 02/27/09, 4:41 pm (verified)
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uri Ort said 02/27/09, 8:19 am (verified)
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Nancy Sallaberry said 02/26/09, 1:22 pm (verified)
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#158

Alex Goltsman said 02/26/09, 10:23 am (verified)
I support this petition. It is shameful that no nation or athlete found this a problem.
#157

Nancy Wiener said 02/26/09, 9:45 am (verified)
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#156

Elisia Abrams said 02/26/09, 6:49 am (verified)
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#155

Brian Lando said 02/25/09, 6:39 pm (verified)
I support this petition.
#154