Teams from the United Arab Emirates & Bahrain competed in the Israel stages of the Giro d’Italia cycle race. The eight cyclists from Team Emirates included Fabio Aru who said, ““Sport and cycling unify people, this is a fact,”. Also, see this one-minute video of the event.
https://unitedwithisrael.org/international-cycling-race-brings-teams-from-arab-world-to-israel/
http://teambahrainmerida.com/bahrain-merida-pro-cycling-team-at-101st-giro-ditalia/