Palestine Taekwondo Tournament Postponed Due to Delay in Israeli Permits for Players
TEHRAN
(FNA)- The Third Palestine Open International Taekwondo Tournament WTF
G-1 that was supposed to open on Thursday in Ramallah was postponed
until Friday after a delay in issuing of Israeli permits for the
players, according to the organizers of the tournament, the Palestine
Taekwondo Federation (PTF).
They
said that Israel has so far issued 200 permits for players out of 350
applications from several countries, explaining that players from the
United States, Tunisia, Jordan, Croatia, Greece, Turkey and Libya have
already arrived in Ramallah in preparation for the tournament, WAFA
reported.
The PTF said the two-day international tournament
was originally scheduled to kick off at the sports center in Birzeit
University, near Ramallah, on Thursday but has been put off until Friday
with the hope that permits will be issued for the remaining players.
It will be immediately followed on Sunday by the Arab Taekwondo Junior Tournament.
The Palestinians have regularly complained that
Israeli restrictions hamper sport activities in the occupied Palestinian
territories.
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