Over the weekend, 3 Israelis won bronze medals at the Abu Dhabi Judo Grand Slam. This was the first time they were allowed to compete under their own flag in Abu Dhabi; the International Judo Federation had temporarily suspended the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam after it refused to acknowledge the nationality of the Israeli athletes last year.
On Friday night, the athletes welcomed the Shabbat along with Sports Minister Miri Regev who was the first Israeli minister to officially visit Abu Dhabi.
This was picked up by Palestinian Arab media. Al Resalah was disgusted by the scene, saying that the Jews had brought alcohol into the Muslim country for “so-called ‘Holy Saturday'”:
In all probability, the kiddush was made over grape juice, not wine. (Muslims are divided as to whether grape juice that is older than three days old is allowed under sharia law, but if it isn’t fermented, it should be allowed at least theoretically.)
(h/t Yoel)
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