When authorities in the UK announced that soccer fans from Maccabi Tel Aviv would be banned from attending a match this month against Birmingham team Aston Villa, British political leaders and others around the world slammed the decision.However, while the ban on Israeli fans in the field of soccer drew headlines, athletes in other genres have been feeling the sting of boycotts and hateful harassment since Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack and the ensuing war in Gaza.“To allow politics to be