By ALLON SINAI
08/17/2011 07:44
The Jerusalem Post
jpost.com
Sinai Says: On September 16, 3rd World Deaf Basketball Championships will get underway in Italy, and once more Israel nat’l team has been forced to beg for money in order to represent the country that shamelessly fails to fund it.
Photo by: Israel Deaf Sport Organization
It is often said that no news is good news.
Not in this case.
On September 16, the 3rd World Deaf Basketball Championships will get underway in Palermo, Italy, and once more the Israel national team has been forced to beg for money in order to represent the country that shamelessly fails to fund it.
It was just over three years ago that the plight of the Israel deaf team was recounted in this very space and it seems as if nothing has changed since then.
Emergency donations ensured that the team could take part in the 9th European Championships in Germany in June 2008, with Clalit Health Services even agreeing to sponsor the team to the sum of NIS 250,000.
However, with the country
