代志大條了！國際乒聯嚴重警告馬來西亞，如果不發入境准證給以色列桌球選手入境參賽，大馬世界盃桌球錦標賽的主辦權將立即被取消！
政治干預體育的後果越來越嚴重！國際桌球聯合總會ITTF 嚴重警告馬來西亞，如果以色列選手被禁止入境大馬參與2月份舉行的《世界盃桌球錦標賽》，國際乒聯將立即取消大馬的承辦資格，改到其他國家另外擇日舉辦；大馬將從此被禁主辦任何國際大型桌球賽！
這是繼12月份以色列兩名選手被禁止入境大馬參與蘭卡威《世界青年風帆大賽》之後，大馬體育界第二次因為不願發出入境簽證給以色列選手而被嚴重警告。
國際桌球聯合總會表示，以色列桌球運動水平大幅度提升，已經進入世界排名96名以內，並取得參賽資格，確定將參加下個月28日至3月6日在莎亞南美拉哇迪室內體育館舉行的世界盃桌球錦標賽；若馬來西亞不肯發出入境簽證給以色列隊，國際乒聯將立即取消馬來西亞承辦這項世界大賽的資格，改到其他國家舉行！同時馬來西亞將會受到嚴重懲罰，包括禁止往後舉辦任何國際桌球大賽，甚至也不排除對大馬桌球選手施行禁賽令。
國際乒聯秘書長祖迪法拉戈Judit Farago接受馬來郵報書面詢問時，以電郵回復以上的課題。以色列國內媒體報導，儘管該國桌球國手已經取得參賽資格，並已申請辦理手續，但是馬來西亞官方迄今仍未發出入境准證，引發猜疑。
馬來西亞與以色列之間並沒有邦交，以色列也是馬來西亞國際護照上列明的唯一一個國民不得前往的國家。
馬來西亞桌球總會負責人接受媒體詢問時卻表示並不清楚以色列選手面對的問題，大馬乒總聲稱有關以色列選手的問題並未被討論過。
而大馬體育總監再敦奧斯曼則表示，馬來西亞的政治立場很清楚，以色列不是馬來西亞的邦交國；如果以色列選手堅持要到大馬參加國際體育賽事，就必須遵守馬來西亞政府的嚴格規定；會場上不得展示以色列國旗、選手不得穿著印有以色列國家標誌圖案；即使以色列選手奪得冠軍，頒獎現場也不得演奏以色列國歌、不得出現以色列國旗。
上個月在蘭卡威舉行的世界青年風帆賽，以色列選手已經為了維護國家的尊嚴也宣布退賽；如今再次面對這種《政治超越體育》的問題，估計以色列選手也會採取退賽抗議行動，而國際乒聯如果宣布取消馬來西亞主辦權的話，蒙羞的只會是馬來西亞國家也人民。
以這種極端保守的思維，馬來西亞還敢妄想爭取主辦世界盃？還有何立場爭取主辦亞運會？因為以色列也是屬於亞洲國家！如果以色列忽然冒出羽球天才打進世界盃決賽、或有資格參與國際超級大獎賽，馬來西亞又基於政治宗教理由不允許以色列選手入境而受到國際羽聯嚴厲懲罰禁賽，請問我們的運動員還有什麼國際發展空間？
World table tennis body warns Malaysia of backlash if Israel barred
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 5 — Malaysia is at risk of being banned from organising any world table tennis events if the Israeli team are barred from participating at the Perfect World Team Table Tennis Championships at Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam, next month.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), in an email to Mailsport, said the Jewish state have qualified on merit and will compete in the tournament as one of the world's top 96 teams.
「All ITTF national association members are allowed to enter the World Championships provided their ranking places them in the top 96 men’s teams and 96 women’s team in the world,」 ITTF chief executive officer Judit Farago said in the email.
「This includes Israel, who have entered the event.」 Malaysia, however, does not have any diplomatic ties with Israel. Jerusalem Post, had on Sunday, reported their athletes have not received visas from the Malaysian government to compete in Shah Alam.
ITTF informed Table Tennis Association of Malaysia (TTAM) that if Israel were not allowed to compete, the championships will be cancelled. 「All costs incurred at the date of the cancellation will be borne by the host nation, including flight and hotel bookings.
「They (Malaysia) will never be allocated another world championships or any other world title event,」 Farago added.
The world body stressed TTAM were well aware of the Israeli team participating in the championship.
「The host association, in this case Malaysia TTA, are aware of all entries received.」
TTAM, however, said they were not informed of Israel’s participation in the tournament scheduled for Feb 28 to March 6.
「As far as the championship is concerned, we』re on track. There was no discussion about Israeli athletes during our meeting,」 said TTAM secretary Chan Foong Keong after the organising committee met yesterday.
「We』re just an affiliate of ITTF. We don』t have the power to decide if Israel join the tournament or not.
「We』re waiting for ITTF confirmation (of the athletes list). We hope to get something firm from ITTF regarding this.」
Chan said the event was approved and supported by the Sports Ministry.
「They gave us a letter of support. Without the government’s consent, we』ll not be able to host the event.」
Sports Commissioner Datuk Zaiton Othman said her office supported the event but told TTAM 「conditions」 must be met if Israel were to participate.
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said: 「Malaysia is clear on its foreign policies. We don』t have diplomatic relations with Israel.」
Windsurfers Yoav Omer and Noy Drihan withdrew from the recently concluded World Youth Sailing Championships in Langkawi because they were denied visas to compete.
The Israelis were also told they would not be able to fly their flag and the national anthem would not be played if they won.
Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin then called it a diplomatic issue, saying: 「We』re guided by the existing policy of the government.」
World Sailing, the international governing body for the sport, in a statement on Dec 27 said they would 「investigate this issue」 and 「are seeking clarification from the Malaysian organising authority.」