Hammam al-Assas-Amman

"When I learned that my first fight would be with an Israeli player, I got mad and cried a lot," said Jordanian 27-year-old kickboxing player Mohammed Eid, after a lot with an Israeli player.

Eid, who has been playing the game for 18 years, explains how he spent four months preparing for this world championship, but two days after the draw he was surprised that he was chosen with an Israeli player, and at first glance did not believe it, and tried to convince the coach of the Jordan Kickboxing Federation and the head of the Jordanian team Trying to return or change the draw but that was impossible, then he decided to withdraw from the tournament.

"I stood close to my opponent in the queue, after I knew his Arabic name," Eid said. "I asked him, 'Are you a Palestinian?' He replied: Yes.

Eid said he refused to shake his hand. "Congratulations, you win. I am not honored to play with you," he said.

Al-Hanash refused to normalize
Al-Hanash, whose origins are in the village of Deir Yassin, stresses the need to "adhere to the principle of rejection of normalization with the Zionist entity, and to provide that on personal benefits, explaining that what he did is not strange to free Jordan and the Arab world, everyone must boycott the occupation no matter what Excuses, and sports teach us not to silence injustice. "

The tournament in Antalya, Turkey, is organized by Waco, an international association that organizes European championships, following the kickboxing style that allows kickboxing techniques, as well as the use of the knee along with the Muay Thai.

Dozens of teams are taking part in the tournament around the world, and the Jordanian player Mohammed Eid aspired to win a gold in this tournament to register his name in the tournament, but what has prevented the achievement of this.

Resistance Committees
The Committee to Resist Normalization to the Islamic Action Front in Jordan appreciated the position of player Eid, and the positive role of the Kickboxing Federation of Jordan, which supported the position of the player.

For its part, the movement to support the resistance and counter normalization issued a statement condemning the participation of Jordanian and Arab players as well as representatives of the Zionist entity in the tournament recently held in the UAE, and the accompanying games held directly with the players of the Zionist entity, according to the statement.

The statement came after the acceptance of Jordanian player Hamza al-Rasheed Manzaleh Israeli player in the final of the World Championship of Joe Tsu hosted in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi.

The rally praised the position of Mohammed Eid in the championship "Waco" in Antalya, and said through his page that "the picture below of the champion Mohammed Eid, the Jordanian team kickboxing proves that the real championship in principle and not cups and medals, and announces his withdrawal from the World Cup kickboxing after being signed by a lottery with a player Represents the Zionist entity. "

Al-Jazeera Net coordinator Mohammed Al-Absi said that Eid's position and the welcome and participation it received through social media reflected the global mood of the Arab peoples rejecting all forms of normalization.

The Absi that the Zionist entity is trying to exploit sports events through participation and raise its flag and anthem, to remove the state of Arab hostility with him.

Suspension of the Union
For his part, the President of the Jordan Kickboxing Federation, Dr. Bassel Al-Shaer, declined to comment on the decision of the player Mohammed Eid, pending obtaining sufficient and relevant information on the player, as he put it.

He added that no Jordanian player had ever accepted an Israeli player.

In response to the activists' accusations, al-Shaer said that anti-normalization means withdrawing from the fight against an Israeli player, rather than refraining from participating in tournaments involving the Israeli entity.

The social media swept hundreds of comments and publications valuing the position of the player Mohammed Eid, wrote the Jordanian player Fuad Haymour on his page, `` hero Mohammad Wasfi of veteran heroes of real attitudes and noble origin refused to meet the player of the Zionist entity, your message, O Muhammad Asma and higher than the championship. ''