The Israeli Olympic Committee has announced the participation of one of its players in the Super League in Saudi ArabiaThis is the latest indication of the development of informal relations between the two sides.
Olympic Committee President Yael Arad described Shahar Sagiv’s participation in the Super League, which will be held in the Saudi city of Neom, as a “very important achievement”.
“Last year we saw many Arab countries accept that hosting an international tournament means … Host Israelis“.
He added: “This trend is growing and constitutes a real force for normalization between countries and peoples.” The France-Presse agency did not receive an immediate response from Saudi officials.
Sagiv exited the race after falling off the bike and was unable to make any progress, his coach Leor Cohen confirmed. Cohen added on Facebook that Shahar, 28, “has come to make professional history, not just diplomatic history.”
Sagiv’s participation comes amid speculation about the future of bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state after the Gulf kingdom opened its airspace to Israeli aircraft in July and recently allowed Israeli businessmen to enter his lands.
Saudi Arabia does not recognize Israel and has not joined standardization agreements That the Jewish state signed with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the year 2020 with the American mediation.
Riyadh has always affirmed its adherence to the position of the Arab League, which has made the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a condition for peace with the Jewish state.
