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Lointek, president of Gernika, has declared that they will not play against an Israeli team

Gerardo Candina has advanced that the Biscayan team will not play the matches against Elitzur Ramla because they condemn the "brutal genocide in Gaza", but the board will assess the final decision in the next few days.

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Gerardo Candina, chairman of the Lointek-Gernika group. Photo: EITB

The president of the Lointek Gernika Bizkaia, Gerardo Candina, has announced that the team will not play the group stage matches of the EuroCup women's basketball tournament against the Israeli Elitzur Ramla. "The idea is not to playthe game because we are totally against the brutal genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The Lointek Gernika, which this week achieved its classification for the group stage by eliminating the Greek team Pas Gianina, is in additionto the Hungarian PEC, the Portuguese Sports Union and the Elitzur Ramla, which according to the calendar should travel to Israel in October and receive the Israeli team in November.

The closest precedent is 2013, when several European teams decided not to play games against Israeli clubs for security reasons. In this case, the debate is whether the FIBA will impose disciplinary sanctions on the Biscay team. 

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