An Israeli-American competitive Pokémon player says he has been banned from competing professionally after being thrown out of the 2025 Pokémon World Championships – which he attended as a spectator – for allegedly violating the organization’s “no political outbursts” policy.
In an August 2025 message, The Pokémon Company International informed Dov Aloof that its Rules Compliance team “has determined it to be in our best interests that your eligibility to participate in Play! Pokémon programs be suspended indefinitely,” according to court filings obtained by The Independent. “This suspension begins today.”
