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Ireland women's basketball team refuse to shake hands with Israel (www.bbc.com)
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[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Another article about this that makes it clearer.

  1. Ireland team wanted to boycott game due to Israel's actions
  2. Israeli player called Ireland antisemitic
  3. Ireland team refused to shake hands. Possibly would have happened also without #2