Fencers from Iraq, Kuwait afraid of losing to Israelis: bail from international competition

When Kuwaiti fencer Abdulaziz Alshatti, 32, withdrew from competition in Istanbul [it was once Constantinople] when he discovered that he was scheduled to duel against an Israeli. The very thought of losing to a Jew was more than he could bare, and he tried to save face by simply claiming to have an ingrown pubic hair which restricted his lunge and parry. 

Alshatti [the second 'a' is pronounced like an 'i'] said that his trust in Allah is great and perhaps some time in the future he will go up against "the Jew" and beat him unmercifully. "But for now, my groin is killing me and I have to carefully bow out."

Ironically, Alshatti also pulled a groin hair in the 2018 World Fencing Championship when he was matched up with an Israeli opponent with better skills. And other Kuwaiti cowards have also done the same when it came to going head-to-head with "those Zionists."

As a way to avoid further pubic hair calamities, in May 2021, Kuwait's National Assembly unanimously approved bills outlawing all efforts to normalize relations with Israel.

Israel sticks it to them

The Iraqi national fencing team said in a released statement that it too was withdrawing from the FIE World Cup also to evade being paired up with members of the Israeli team who would disgrace them with better fencing skills.

Both the Iraqi and Kuwaiti teams walked away with their tails between their legs, which may be the reason their pubic hairs were getting pulled.

Israel's advice to both teams: "Be a mensch."

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