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{Radical Left} France Unbowed MP sparks outrage by saying Israeli Olympians not welcome {for 2024 Olympics}
The Guardian ^ | 22nd July 2024 | Kim Willsher

Posted on 07/22/2024 3:20:04 AM PDT by Cronos

An MP for the radical-left France Unbowed party has sparked outrage after saying Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Paris Olympics and calling for protests against their presence.

Citing Israel’s war in Gaza, Thomas Portes told a pro-Palestinian gathering in Paris on Saturday: “We are just a few days away from an international event to be held in Paris, the Olympic Games. And I’m here to say that no, the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris. Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Olympic Games in Paris. We have to use this deadline and all the levers we have to mobilise.”

Yonathan Arfi, the head of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF), described the comments as “indecent” and “irresponsible”, accusing Portes of “putting a target on the backs of Israeli athletes”.

...His comments drew criticism from other politicians. Karen Taieb, one of Paris’s deputy mayors, said Portes was “a danger and a disgrace”. “What we expect from our elected representatives is the idea of joining together. These people are advocating hatred,” Taieb wrote on X.

The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said: “The hints of antisemitism in his [Portes’] comments are obvious.”

The Socialist MP Jérôme Guedj posted on X: “Of course Israeli athletes are welcome, like all athletes from all over the world. Not for who they are, but for what they do.”

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; France; Gaza; Hamas; Iran; Israel; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; crif; france; franceunbowed; gaza; geralddarmanin; gigihadid; hamas; iran; israel; jeromeguedj; karentaieb; olympics; paris; stopantisemites; syria; thomasportes; waronterror; whatshisfrnick; yonathanarfi

1 posted on 07/22/2024 3:20:04 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

You get the government that gets Stolen


2 posted on 07/22/2024 3:29:05 AM PDT by Skwor
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To: Cronos

Who gives a F#CK about the Olympics? The world is on fire and our countries government tried to assassinate Donald Trump. Doesn’t anyone understand what we have become? These mother F@ckers are going to push to far and our heals are over the edge now!


3 posted on 07/22/2024 3:38:57 AM PDT by spincaster
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To: Cronos
The French interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said: “The hints of antisemitism in his [Portes’] comments are obvious.”

Hints?! I think we are well past hints.

4 posted on 07/22/2024 3:46:16 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Cronos

I hope security is airtight. No repeat of 1972.


5 posted on 07/22/2024 3:47:18 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: spincaster

The Olympics? I don’t care.


6 posted on 07/22/2024 3:48:20 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Cronos

Who would dare swim in the Seine?


7 posted on 07/22/2024 3:59:19 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: spincaster

NBC Universal cares.

They’re gonna lose their shirts if people refuse to watch.


8 posted on 07/22/2024 4:03:06 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: Rummyfan

I’m wondering how much of this is an attempt to gin up ratings...


9 posted on 07/22/2024 4:03:57 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: ComputerGuy

You would need to be in Seine


10 posted on 07/22/2024 5:01:35 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

The Olympics are going to be another foul shitshow for the world to see.

The west has ruined itself and it is the people who pay the price.


11 posted on 07/22/2024 5:07:30 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Rummyfan

Don’t count on it. France has become a disgrace right along other western used to be nations.


12 posted on 07/22/2024 5:09:50 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Cronos

I asked for that, didn’t I?


13 posted on 07/22/2024 5:10:50 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: mewzilla

The last summer games of the Olympics I watched any part of was London in 2012 and Sochi in 2014 for the winter games. Paris will continue my streak of not watching anything and zero interest beyond commenting on threads here on FR.


14 posted on 07/22/2024 5:13:45 AM PDT by xp38
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To: Cronos

Black Septembrists will be coming out of their rabbit holes


15 posted on 07/22/2024 6:22:31 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: xp38

I’ll leave this here for you. Don’t watch the Paris Olympics from Friday, July 26 until Sunday, August 11. I will be joining you in not watching.


16 posted on 07/22/2024 6:33:05 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: Cronos

It won’t be long before the Arc de Triiomphe in Paris will become the Islamic Arc de Triomphe.


17 posted on 07/22/2024 6:33:43 AM PDT by chopperk (are)
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