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Palestine Olympic chief: no handshakes with Israelis unless they recognise state
The Guardian ^ | July 27, 2024 | Nick Ames

Posted on 07/27/2024 11:24:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The president of Palestine’s National Olympic Committee says he will not shake hands with his Israeli counterpart, or any of their delegation, at Paris 2024 unless they recognise his state’s right to independence.

Jibril Rajoub, who has led calls for Israel’s athletes to be banned from international competition amid the war in Gaza, told the Guardian he would not engage with Yael Arad or her colleagues out of principle if they crossed paths during the Olympics.

He also claimed the Palestine team have not been given any instructions about how to conduct themselves in the event that they come up against an Israeli competitor, saying his organisation will guard against any violations of the Olympic Charter.

“Before you ask me, ask them: do they recognise the very existence of the Palestinian people and our right to an independent state, next to Israel, according to UN legitimacy?” Rajoub said. “If they have this commitment, as a matter of principle I have no problem shaking hands with anyone who is recognising my right to self-determination and our right to existence.

“But I will not shake hands as lip service with anyone who does not. It isn’t a matter of courtesy, it’s a matter of principle. They would have to be ready to fight to build bridges of peace by mutual recognition.”

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: israel; olympics; petty
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1 posted on 07/27/2024 11:24:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh well……


2 posted on 07/27/2024 11:26:26 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Does Wakanda also get a team ?


3 posted on 07/27/2024 11:27:12 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mossad should send a hit squad after them like they did to Israel in Munich.

L


4 posted on 07/27/2024 11:28:19 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

It’s starting to smell like Munich.


5 posted on 07/27/2024 11:31:29 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Lurker

Principle ???Coming from Paleostinians ???


6 posted on 07/27/2024 11:36:21 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I was completely unaware that there was a car bomb competition in this year’s Olympics.


7 posted on 07/27/2024 11:38:10 AM PDT by Flag_This (They're lying.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

From another article ...

“The Palestinian Arab sports chief Jibril Rajoub once declared regarding Israel, “I swear that if we had a nuke, we’d have used it this very morning.”

The next best option for Rajoub: attempting to boot Israel from the 2024 Paris Olympics.”


8 posted on 07/27/2024 11:41:35 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Lurker
Mossad should send a hit squad after them like they did to Israel in Munich.

Palestinians probably don't like the "Do Unto Others" rule.

9 posted on 07/27/2024 11:44:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
(unless they recognise his state’s right to independence.)

(not directed at you but for the thread)

Just hang on, babies.

Satan's Antichrist is going to confirm that 7 years of 'Peace and Security' for you.

Enjoy. Don't say that you weren't warned.

Satan is using the goats 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 to create chaos for Israel and the Jew.

Eventually Israel will be forced into the "Two-State Solution" and will agree to 7 years of 'Peace and Security'.

The Man of Lawlessness (the Antichrist) will confirm this covenant.

The man who confirms the 7-year Covenant of 'Peace and Security' (Daniel 9:27) will be the Antichrist. The "instead-of" or "counterfeit messiah" prophesied in Revelation chapter 13 and 2nd Thessalonians 2:8-12 (and elsewhere in the Bible).





Then the fun really begins. 7 years of God's Judgement all the way to Armageddon

And there will be NO stopping it once it starts. Something MUCH worse than the COVID-19(84) lockdowns is coming.
10 posted on 07/27/2024 11:47:32 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Palestine? You can bet the corrupt Olympic officials would never allow a Tibet National Olympic Commitee.


11 posted on 07/27/2024 11:47:52 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: MinorityRepublican

Funny, since they haven’t even declared their independence. I think that’s sort of a prerequisite.

They haven’t declared it because they don’t want to recognize Israel’s borders or right to independence, and they are a basket case of a territory. They have two entirely separate governments on two separate land masses. Gaza is those by Islamists and the West Bank by Arabists in fancy Italian suits. They don’t get along - two different ideologies. Corrupt as all get out and almost entirely dependent on others for nearly all essential needs.

And their dependency attitude continues - demanding others recognize their independence when they can’t and don’t recognize it themselves. Nobody even knows who’s in charge and neither land mass had held elections in nearly 2 decades. Abbas is almost 89 years old and the Hamas leadership in Gaza is either dead or in hiding.


12 posted on 07/27/2024 11:47:56 AM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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Haha! What utter Bull krap

An Olympics with a terrorist murder gang
Congratulations (sarcasm alert!!) to France for turning the country into a laughing stock

A very dangerous one, but still laughable


13 posted on 07/27/2024 11:48:51 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SaveFerris
Eventually Israel will be forced into the "Two-State Solution" and will agree to 7 years of 'Peace and Security'.

The imaginary "Palestinians" have been offered a separate state many times and have always declined. They don't want a "two-state solution." They want Israel gone and all Jews dead, and they will settle for nothing less.

14 posted on 07/27/2024 11:52:57 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: monkeyshine
They have two entirely separate governments on two separate land masses. Gaza is those by Islamists and the West Bank by Arabists in fancy Italian suits.

There's no such thing as Palestine to identify the unified country of Gaza and the West Bank.

Gaza refuses to be under Israel or the West Bank's rule.

15 posted on 07/27/2024 11:54:01 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: plain talk

> The Palestinian Arab sports chief Jibril Rajoub once declared regarding Israel, “I swear that if we had a nuke, we’d have used it this very morning.” <

Back in the late 1920s, nobody paid much attention to what Hitler was saying. Ha, ha, ha. He’s just exaggerating.

The world paid dearly for that oversight.

Now it’s 2024. Nobody is paying much attention to what the Islamists are saying. Ha, ha, ha. They’re just exaggerating.


16 posted on 07/27/2024 11:58:11 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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The Olympic ideal, going all the way back to antiquity and it’s origins, was and should continue to be that for a brief period of Time there should be no politics and no hatred, just the pursuit of excellence in athletics and the enjoyment of watching the worlds best athletes perform. There is plenty of time to go back to existing animosities.

What I find ironic is that the Palestinians, many of whom have a significant amount of Greek ancestry, pay no attention to this whatsoever. To them, every minute of the day and every event is political in nature, all in service of their murderous prophet.


17 posted on 07/27/2024 12:05:44 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." - The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Um…. FU!
18 posted on 07/27/2024 12:13:38 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: DownInFlames

Just curious what team or teams do they have?


19 posted on 07/27/2024 12:15:18 PM PDT by nikos1121
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Islamic Terrorist Yasser Arafat was offered 93% of what he wanted and chose terrorism instead.

The (Satanic) AMAZING thing is that the Man of Lawlessness will actually confirm a deal that will have the world 🌍🌏🌎 rejoice about 'Peace and Security'.

I know that it seems hard to believe but it will come. God bless.





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20 posted on 07/27/2024 12:19:27 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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