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LONDONASSEMBLYLABOUR
Andrew Dismore AM
Dear Mr Gazidis,
Re Emirates Cable Car contract: Discrimination against nationalities
I believe your organisation receives sponsorship form Emirates airline.
You may have seen the news reports, of the sponsorship deal for the Cable car across
the River Thames operated by Transport for London and DLRL, which excludes the
involvement of any Israeli business, company or individual in the operation of the cable
car.
I am writing to you, to inquire whether your sponsorship contract with Emirates contains
similar clauses to exclude “conflicting persons” (the definition means Israeli companies
and businesses), however expressed, and if so whether you are comfortable with such
an exclusion.
In light of what has now been revealed, if your contract does contain such term, will you
now seek to renegotiate it?
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Dismore
Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden
Our Ref: AD13/16/07/32
Date: 16 July 2013
Ivan Gazidis
Chief Executive
Arsenal Football Club
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