City and Israel

[Why Always Ste]

I'm not totally knowledgeable on this so maybe fellow Blues could post on this subject but do our Owners (ADUG/Mansour) have something where they don't acknowledge Israel as a country? and or Judaism as a religion?

If this is the case, would they be against possibly signing a known Jewish player?

 

[kun]

Well, we very nearly signed Nir Biton (who is Israeli) and would have if it wasn't for work permit issues.

 

[DiscoSteve]

Tal Ben Haim disappeared rather sharply

 

[Big-P]

We had ben haim when hughes was in charge and assailin of however you spell it

 

[LoveCity]

Well, we very nearly signed Nir Biton (who is Israeli) and would have if it wasn't for work permit issues.

An easy player to forget, but we did sign Gai Assulin (he just wasn't good enough and was always injured).

 

[Falastur]

<a class="postlink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gai_Assulin" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gai_Assulin</a>

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I certainly don't believe they have any problem with Jews as such. At least one of the non-executive directors they appointed is Jewish and I know that Jews have been heavily involved in a number of projects in Abu Dhabi.

They don't have diplomatic relations with Israel but as I understand it, there are commercial relationships with Israeli companies, who do business there. There was an incident a few years ago when a leading Hamas member was assassinated in Dubai and they banned all Israelis from entering the UAE as a result. However, an Israeli cabinet minister is due in Abu Dhabi shortly (later today I think) and it's entirely possible that Israel has been working to repair relations, as both countries see Iran as a problem. They have far more in common than divides them.

 

[Why Always Ste]

Thanks for the post PB.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

Thanks for the post PB.

You know you can rely on me for a sensible answer Steve.

 

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