Israel gymnastics team says its security cleared athletes to enter Indonesia despite being banned for 'safety'

The Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) confirmed that its nationalist information squad authorized its athletes to participate Indonesia for the World Gymnastics Championships past month, contempt the Indonesian authorities blocking the athletes from entering the country, citing information concerns.

An IGF spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital that the country's information squad gave clearance to its athletes.

"We received authorization from the Israeli Security Authorities to enactment successful the World Championship taxable to the indispensable information protocols successful place. From our broadside each preparations were implicit - Registration process, Entry Visas to Indonesia and Israeli Security Authorities confirmation," the IGF said.

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Silver medalists Team Israel observe connected the podium during the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final medal ceremonial connected time 15 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Porte de La Chapelle Arena connected Aug. 10, 2024, successful Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Israel men's gymnast Eyal Indig antecedently told Fox News Digital that his country's information squad gave him and his teammates' authorization to participate the city, citing decades-long information measures that the country's sports teams person utilized since the 1972 Munich Olympics, erstwhile 8 terrorists associated with the radical Black September snuck into the Olympic Village successful a failed ngo to instrumentality Israeli athletes hostage.

"For us, it was precise strange," Indig said. "That aforesaid information did a scan 1 week earlier our flight, successful Indonesia, they were successful Indonesia, and they authorized everything successful presumption of security. So we had afloat authorization from Israel security's team, and you tin judge maine that they wouldn't authorize thing that wasn't safe. And our federation kept telling america it was safe."

Indig aboriginal called Indonesia's decision, "a blatant incidental of favoritism connected the ground of nationality."

The Indonesian Embassy successful the U.S. responded to Fox News Digital's petition for comment, saying, "The Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia has nary further remark to stock connected this matter."

Indonesian Minister of Sport Erick Thohir antecedently defended his country's determination successful a connection successful the last week of October.

"We adhere to the rule of maintaining security, nationalist bid and the nationalist involvement successful hosting each planetary event," Thohir said.

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Indonesia is the world’s astir populous Muslim-majority federation and has agelong been a staunch protagonist of Palestinians. The scheduled information of Israeli athletes had sparked aggravated absorption wrong the country.

Indonesia was antecedently stripped of its close to big football's under-20 World Cup erstwhile the politician of Bali refused to big Team Israel successful a game.

The IGF further condemned Indonesia's denial successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital.

"We see the determination to barroom the introduction of the Israeli National Gymnastics Team from participating successful the World Championships successful Indonesia to beryllium some outrageous and profoundly troubling for the integrity of planetary sport," the connection read. "This determination stands successful implicit contradiction to the halfway principles of athletics and just contention and represents a unsafe slippery slope toward the exclusion of athletes based connected political, religious, oregon societal considerations.

"Behind these words basal athletes who person dedicated their lives to excellence. They worked tirelessly and merit an adjacent accidental to showcase their abilities similar each different gymnasts.

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Team Israel competes during the Rhythmic Gymnastics Group All-Around Final connected time 15 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 astatine Porte de La Chapelle Arena connected Aug. 10, 2024 successful Paris, France. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

"The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has chosen to basal by and let the exclusion of the Israeli delegation, thereby efficaciously granting the Indonesian authorities the support it sought. But we volition not enactment silent. The Israel Gymnastics Federation and Israel Olympic Committee appealed to the CAS, and we anticipation for a wide and definite ruling which volition forestall this from ever happening again."

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is recommending that nary planetary sporting events beryllium held successful Indonesia aft the state barred the Israeli nationalist gymnastics squad from the satellite championships successful Jakarta. Additionally, the IOC is ending immoderate discussions with Indonesia astir hosting the Olympics successful the future.

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