MONTREAL (AP) — A Montreal-based human rights group has asked Mayor Valérie Plante to bar the Israel-Premier Tech cycling team from competing in Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal amid the war in Gaza, where aid workers say a famine is unfolding.

Palestinian and Jewish Unity, or PAJU, urged the city on Monday to exclude the squad, whose Canadian-Israeli co-owner, Sylvan Adams, has described the riders as ambassadors for Israel. The team has since referred to itself as simply a “professional cycling team” in response to protests.

In its letter to the city, PAJU’s lawyers said it would be “highly harmful and inexplicable” for Israel-Premier Tech to compete in the publicly funded event. The letter cites Israeli human rights groups that have described Israel’s actions in Gaza as genoci

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