“Olympic officials were forced to erect a screen between Lebanon’s and Israel’s judo fighters on Friday after the Lebanese refused to train on the same mat...”
My pro-Israel sentiments aside, I believe that if I were one of those Olympic officials, my answer would have been “Here, we put aside religion and politics and concentrate on athletics. You have a choice. You can get out on the mat and practice like everyone else - or you can go home”.
End of discussion.
Normal rules don’t apply when the country being abused is Israel. It seems to me that even if most of the world accepts that Israel has a right to exist, they are nevertheless willing to allow the opinion of those who don’t to be considered mainstream and acceptable, which would be outrageous if this was the case with any other nation.
I can’t believe this. A Greek athelete is expelled for a racial slur...and these punks demand the Israelis practice elsewhere.
The visceral hate that these people have for the jews should not be taken lightly. These are Lebonese role models, just think how the masses feel.