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2025-08-28 Europe
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Anti-Israel protesters block Israeli cycling team in major Vuelta a España race
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[IsraelTimes] Pro-Paleostinian, anti-Israel protesters attempted to block riders from the Israel-Premier Tech team at the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday, forcing them to slow down in a race determined by differences of seconds.
A number of people with banners and Paleostinian flags tried to disrupt the Israeli team, owned by Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams,
…son of a Holocaust survivor who settled in Canada after fighting for the independence of Israel and got into real estate, Sylvan ran the family company for a quarter century before handing it off to his own son in turn and emigrating to Israel in 2015. His philanthropies in Israel and Canada are varied and admirable, including the bicycle team, unlike the incestuous efforts of our very rich, mostly-tech Progressives… at the start of the fifth stage time-trial in Figueras, Catalonia.
The race is one of cycling’s three major Grand Tours, along with the Tour de La Belle France and Giro d’Italia.
The Israel-Premier Tech team was also targeted during the Tour de La Belle France.
On a video circulating on social media, three people can be seen holding a banner with the inscription "Neutrality is complicity. Boycott Israel" in Catalan, flanked by Paleostinian flags, before being removed by race officials.
Although riders were forced to slow down, no accidents were reported. The team had been assigned police protection prior to the race, according to the Hebrew outlet Ynet.
In a statement, the team said it respected the right to peaceful protest but said the disruption endangered its riders. A statement from Adams, reported by Ynet, called the action an act of "terror."
"Israel-Premier Tech respects everyone’s right to freedom of speech, which includes the right to protest peacefully, but we absolutely condemn the dangerous acts of the protesters on stage 5 of the Vuelta a España, which not only compromised the safety of our riders, race personnel, but the protesters themselves," the team said in its statement. "The team continues to work with race organizers and relevant authorities to ensure our safety at the Vuelta a España and all races, and ensure any protests do not impact our safety, nor our right to race."
Adams has worked to promote cycling in Israel, including by creating the first indoor velodrome in the Middle East in Tel Aviv, and by bringing the opening of the Giro d’Italia to Israel in 2018.
Israeli-organized psychedelic festival in Portugal faces shutdown after BDS campaign
[IsraelTimes] Anta Gathering, a five-day music festival organized by Israelis scheduled to kick off tomorrow in central Portugal, says it is facing being shut down following a campaign by BDS Portugal.
Organizers had expected to receive final approval for the event today, but were instead told by the São Pedro do Sul municipality that there were additional regulations that needed to be fulfilled, including designating a fire-safe zone surrounding the festival site, a festival spokesperson says.
The event is advertised as a “psychedelic journey” on a wooded mountaintop some 30 minutes outside the city. Two brothers, Shahar and Dean Bickel, are producing Anta Gathering, and hosting it on land owned by Yotam Ittah, their cousin who built a retreat center in Portugal, the festival spokesperson says.
The producers spoke to the mayor and local politicians to understand the delay, and were told that there had been threats made against the local municipality, according to the festival spokesperson.
The spokesperson adds that organizers are trying to delay the start of the festival in order to receive the necessary permits from local authorities.
According to local media, pro-Palestinian opponents of the festival had pressed local officials to deny granting the festival necessary permits. BDS Portugal posts on social media that it has also threatened several of the participating artists, causing some to cancel their appearances.
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