{"id":17574,"date":"2014-08-07T22:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T04:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=17574"},"modified":"2014-08-07T22:03:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T04:03:00","slug":"davis-cup-match-moved-from-tel-aviv-due-to-gaza-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/davis-cup-match-moved-from-tel-aviv-due-to-gaza-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"Davis Cup match moved from Tel Aviv due to Gaza conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) &#8212; Israel will not host its Davis Cup playoff match against Argentina due to the conflict in Gaza.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The International Tennis Federation announced Thursday that it was moving the Sept. 12-14 match out of Tel Aviv and the playoff will not be held in any other Israeli city.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Over the next five days Israel, as the team with the home-court advantage, must choose among four venues for the new location: New York; Delray Beach, Fla.; Krakow, Poland; or Tallinn, Estonia.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The Argentine Tennis Association requested a change in location two weeks ago due the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">&#8220;We are concerned. We have communicated with the ITF, which promises to make a decision about Davis Cup very soon,&#8221; the association&#8217;s president, Arturo Grimaldi, told reporters several days ago.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Israel is aiming to return to the World Group after a one-year absence following its 3-1 victory over Slovenia in the Europe\/Africa Zone Group I, but Argentina has four players rated in the Top 100.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">Argentina\u2019s team is led by a Jewish captain, Martin Jaite, who is supporter of Argentine Jewish sports clubs.<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #222222;\">The Israeli squad has an Argentine player, Buenos Aires native Jonathan Erlich, who made aliyah when he was 2. 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