Given the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Canada's upcoming Davis Cup tennis match with Israel is an unjustifiable violation of Canada’s obligations under international law and basic human rights. Canada must boycott the match immediately.
In mid-July, over thirty countries met in Colombia to discuss sanctions against Israel for its ongoing campaign in Gaza. In line with international law, twelve of those countries resolved to immediately ban arms sales to Israel and appraise all public contracts for complicity with companies profiting from Israeli occupation and genocide. Those countries also reiterated their commitment to prosecute individuals guilty of war crimes in Gaza. The other countries at the meeting indicated the possibility of signing on to these forms of sanction by mid-September.
Canada, which has just announced that it may conditionally recognize a Palestinian state in September, was not among either group.
Instead, at just about the same moment in mid-September that others will further contemplate sanctions and a growing number of nations will acknowledge Palestinian sovereignty, Canada will host Israel in a tie of the the Davis Cup international tennis tournament in Halifax.
As Canadian scholars of exploitation and harm in sport, we consider that decision to be an egregious and indefensible violation of Canada’s responsibility to international law and a basic commitment to human rights.
It must be reversed. (more...)
Canada must boycott Davis Cup match with Israel
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