With Trapani Shark in the same four-team group as Bnei PenLink Herzliya in the Basketball Champions League Regular Season, team president Valerio Antonini intends to request from FIBA to exclude Israeli clubs from the competition.

“We will officially ask the Champions League not to play against the Israeli team,” the Italian businessman mentioned during a Facebook Live session on Sunday.

During a six-game double-legged round-robin schedule, his side’s introduction to the Champions League and European club continental competitions features matchups opposite Herzliya in Opava on October 28 and in Trapani on November 11.

“I believe that what is happening in Israel is an unprecedented genocide, and we cannot endorse having to play against an Israeli team and perhaps shaking hands with play

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