The Tour of Britain comes to Sheffield next week. So many of us, keen cyclists or outdoors enthusiasts will be excited by Sheffield being chosen to take part in this prestigous event.
But this is tempered by the inclusion of the Israeli backed Israel Premier Tech team, owned by Canadian billionaire, Sylvan Adam, who speak of this as an unashamedly “Zionist project”.
Meanwhile Palestinian sportspeople are excluded from taking part in international events. They have been shot, murdered or denied travel and infrastructure has been destroyed making organised sport all but impossible in Palestine.
What can you do?
Gaza sunbirds
But resilient as ever Palestinians find a way! Alaa Al-Dali an international cyclist was shot in 2018 by the IDF started the Gaza Sunbirds.