Algerian judoka retires after 10-year suspension for refusing to compete with Israelis, says he'd love to join Hamas as a terrorist

Archysport reports:

Algerian judoka Fathi Noureen announced his retirement two months after being banned from all official competitions for 10 years by the International Judo Federation after Noreen chose to boycott his Israeli opponent.

Algerian judoka Fathi Norine has announced his retirement from the sport, two months after being banned from competition after withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics, where he faced an Israeli competitor.

International Judo Federation Noreen and its trainer Ammar Benikhlef were banned from all official competitions for 10 years in September after choosing to boycott their Israeli opponent at the July Olympics in solidarity with the Palestinian cause.

“I decided to retire after the decision to suspend myself for 10 years,” he said in a music video.

“I know that the international federations have always colluded with Zionist terrorism, especially the International Judo Federation, and perhaps the best proof is that my sentence has remained the same even after an appeal was filed.

He had more to say to friendlier Arab news media.

Noreen denounced the British Home Secretary’s decision to declare Hamas a “terrorist organization,” stressing that “Western countries and international unions are of the same faith, rejecting every resistance to the Zionist entity, be it political, sports, social or economic, and what encourages them to do so is the apathy of Arabs and some of them submit to normalization with the Zionist entity,” he said.

In a message to Hamas, Noreen said, "You are the pride of Palestine and the Arabs. Keep the same principle and approach. Palestine, I would be a soldier and a fighter with you."

The Algerian hero called for the widest state of Arab popular solidarity with Hamas and the Al-Qassam Brigades.

The man has such principles that he would love to become a terrorist himself.

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