Iraqi team withdraws from fencing tournament to avoid Israelis
Last year, the Iraqi parliament passed legislation criminalizing any form of "normalization" with Israel.
Israel's Yuval Shalom Freilich salutes during his bout against Ivan Trevejo from France in the table of 64 of the men's épée event in the 2013 World Fencing Championships 2013 at Syma Hall in Budapest, 8 August 2013.(photo credit: MARIE-LAN NGUYEN / WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)ByTZVI JOFFRE
