Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumPalestinian Olympics chief calls minute of silence requests ‘racism’
TEL AVIV (JTA) -- The head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee called the campaign to hold a minute of silence for the 11 Israelis murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics racism.
In a letter written to International Olympic Committee head Jacques Rogge, Jibril Rajoub wrote that Sports are a bridge for love, communication and the spreading of peace between nations and should not be used for divisiveness and the spread of racism, according to the Times of Israel, citing the media watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/07/26/3101816/palestinian-olympic-committee-head-calls-minute-of-silence-requests-racism
In other Olympic news:
Lebanese Olympic judo team refuses to practice next to Israelis
he Lebanese judo team at the 2012 London Olympics refused to practice next to the Israeli one on Friday afternoon, and a makeshift barrier was erected to split their gym into two halves.
According to several Hebrew sports sites, the two teams were scheduled to use the same gym and mats at Londons new ExCeL center for their final preparations. However, the delegation from Lebanon would not train in view of the Israeli team, and insisted some sort of barrier be placed between them.
Organizers accepted the Lebanese coachs demand to separate the teams, erecting a barrier so that the Lebanese team wouldnt see the Israeli one.
http://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-olympic-judo-team-refuses-to-practice-next-to-israelis/
Raster
(20,998 posts)...while participating in the Munich Olympics. A moment of silence IS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE and is in NO WAY racist.
Get over it.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)does that make the IOC antisemetic and if the answer is yes by extension might the Olympics themselves be also antisemitic, if they are being run by an antisemitic committee?
Mosby
(16,306 posts)So I think it's best not to assume that their decision was due to anti-semitism.
The stmt from the head of the Palestinian team is anti-semitic as is the request from the Lebanese coach.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)Spitzer declared the IOCs continued refusal is evidence of it being a corrupt organisation, led by greed rather than the Olympic spirit, adding that the IOCs refusal is pure discrimination greed and anti-Semitism.
http://www.ejpress.org/article/news/uk/60269
and just to give credit where it's due
http://www.democraticunderground.com/113414401
sho_bitsawwi
(1 post)Israel is anti-semitic too....considering Arabs are also semites.
King_David
(14,851 posts)Do a little research.
King_David
(14,851 posts)Sam1
(498 posts)Maybe a request for a moment of silence for those killed by the Israelis in operation cast lead or those wounded by the use of white phosphors munitions would have been be in order. Or how about a moment of silence for the innocent muslim killed in Norway by the Israelis in their quest for vengeance against those who killed the athletics.
I see nothing racist or anti-semitic in the request for separation by the Jordanians but rather a protest against Israelis "my way or the highway" behavior toward the Palestinians.
eyl
(2,499 posts)No? Then you're drawing a false equivalence.
azurnoir
(45,850 posts)would this have been as controversial an issue as it is?