Indonesia cancels visas of Israeli worlds team

[ArnoldRimmer]

If there were credible terrorism threats, I doubt that the Israeli athletes would have learned via social media that their visas had been cancelled.

If they did, the manner of communication would be another large problem on top of the threats themselves.

 

[cats]

“The FIG hopes that an environment will be created as soon as possible where athletes around the world can enjoy sports safely and with peace of mind.”

Completely typical. They “hope” and do nothing to make it happen. It’s ridiculous that they can get away with a nothing statement like this but the athletes who win medals are going to have to answer questions about it in the press conferences.

 

[IratePanda]

Indonesia did not want to risk further domestic unrest, and they could not guarantee the safety of Israeli athletes. It's just a shame that no one figured this out, say, six months ago.