UK group appeals to Olympic Committee to allow Israeli team in South African tourney – The South Africa Rugby Union suddenly withdrew an invitation to the Tel Aviv Heat rugby team to play in its Mzansi Challenge tournament. | JNS.org

(March 22, 2023 / JNS) Three days before an international rugby tournament in South Africa, U.K. Lawyers for Israel has asked the International Olympic Committee to intervene to ensure that an Israeli team may participate.
UKLFI wrote on Tuesday to Girard Zappelli, IOC Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, pointing out that World Rugby (the international federation for rugby union) has known about the flagrant violation of its own regulations and the Olympic Charter since at least Feb. 7.