02.12.2017 - 12:09 [ Ansa.it ]

Israel threatens to pull Giro support: Ministers reject reference to opening in ‚West Jerusalem‘

(30.11.2017) Sports Minister Miri Regev and Tourism Minister Yariv Levin have taken issue with the reference to the opening time trial in „west Jerusalem“, claiming that use of the term is „a breach of the agreements with the Israeli government. „In Jerusalem, Israel‘s capital, there is no east or west,“ they said in a statement.