The Giro d‘Italia gave in to Israeli „blackmail“ in removing a reference to west Jerusalem from its promo material on next year‘s opening stage, The Palestinian embassy in Rome said Friday, voicing regret at the „clear politicisation“ of the world‘s second-biggest bike race.
Israel threatened to nix the start of the Giro 2018 Thursday unless the info referred to the whole of Jerusalem and not a part of it, saying the city was its united capital.