Controversy Over Israeli Maccabi Cooperation with Cyprus
The Cyprus Basket website reports that President Christodoulides met with the owner of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, Simon Mizrahi, at the Neofytos Chandriotes tournament in Nicosia. On this occasion, the Israelis expressed a desire to use Cyprus for their sporting activities. The report critically characterizes this as a possible 'colonization' by Maccabi.