Outrage after French MP says Israelis 'not welcome' at Olympics
Outrage after French MP says Israelis 'not welcome' at Olympics
A French hard-left MP sparked a political row Sunday by saying Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics because of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which one senior minister said had "hints of anti-Semitism".In a post on X, Arfi branded Portes's comments "irresponsible" and accused him o...
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They're violating the Olympic truce.
They banned Russia for it. Why not Israel?
Obviously, because being the target of a genocide 80 years ago gives you a free pass to do whatever you want forever. Russia's problem is that they've never been hit with a genocide themselves, so they don't get a free pass. /S
You know, all things aside, it's kinda sad people don't even remember anymore that the Nazis weren't just after Jews.
It's funny that, if it was a numeric question, more Russians died in WW2 than Jews.
Perhaps it is not considered a war?
It's a special ethnic adjustment operation.
lol
I mean maybe not technically war but fuck it feels like committing genocide is worse than a war.
But not like Olympics Committee actually cares about anything other than getting publicity
Russia is banned because of doping
No, the current ban is because they invaded Ukraine during the Olympic truce. The doping ban was on specific athletes I believe.