{"id":2088900,"date":"2023-11-03T11:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iocs-ban-on-russia-cannot-be-compared-with-israel-situation\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:05:16","slug":"iocs-ban-on-russia-cannot-be-compared-with-israel-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iocs-ban-on-russia-cannot-be-compared-with-israel-situation\/","title":{"rendered":"IOC&#8217;s ban on Russia is incomparable to the situation in Israel."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiocs-ban-on-russia-cannot-be-compared-with-israel-situation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2088900&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2\" data-testid=\"Text\">By <\/span>Karolos Grohmann<\/p>\n<p>10:47 AM UTC \u2013 November 3, \u20622023<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach \u200dgestures while speaking during the second day of the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, October 16, 2023. REUTERS\/Niharika Kulkarni\/File Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BERLIN (Reuters) \u2013 Russia\u2019s attempt to compare the country\u2019s Olympic Committee suspension with the situation of Israeli athletes following the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas was out\u2064 of place, the\u200d International \u200bOlympic \u200dCommittee said on\u2062 Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov\u2064 on Thursday said the IOC was aligning itself \u2064with western political decisions after the Olympic body had \u2062said any discrimination against athletes at the Games would be swiftly dealt with because they are not \u200dresponsible for the decisions of their governments.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC had \u2063been responding to a question regarding Israeli athletes participating\u200c at next year\u2019s Paris Olympics and the potential refusal of other nations\u2019 athletes to compete against them over the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov called the \u200cIOC \u2063statement \u201cshameful\u201d, saying it \u200b\u201cproves \u2064its\u200d political \u2063bias\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis (Russian) is a unique\u2063 situation and cannot be compared\u200b to any other war \u2064or conflict \u2062in the world, because \u200cthe measures \u2063taken and recommendations made by the IOC are a consequence of\u200d the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army during the \u2063Olympic and\u200d Paralympic Winter Games \u2063Beijing 2022,\u201d<\/strong> an IOC spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC \u200bdid \u200cnot ban the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) until last month \u200bafter it recognised regional organisations from\u2062 four territories annexed from \u200dUkraine.<\/p>\n<p>The IOC said on Oct. 12\u2062 the ROC would\u2063 be banned with immediate effect after it recognised Olympic Councils from the\u200d regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis constitutes a \u200dbreach of the Olympic\u200d Charter because it violates the territorial integrity of the \u200bNational Olympic Committee of Ukraine, as recognised by the IOC in \u2064accordance with the Olympic Charter,\u201d the IOC spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov on Thursday said the IOC was \u200djust\u2063 kowtowing \u200bto western powers when it said discriminatory behaviour would be punished at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, of course, is outrageous,\u201d Lavrov said. \u201cOnce again\u200c we see an example of the bias \u200cand failure of the International Olympic Committee, which time after time proves its political bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything\u200b that\u200c is responsible interests \u2063of Western countries, primarily the United States, it actively supports and tries to find formulations that will generally approve of this line,\u201d he said. \u201cShameful and of course, the IOC greatly discredited itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A decision on whether Russian athletes will be allowed to take part in the Paris Olympics as neutrals without a\u200c flag or anthem has yet\u2064 to\u2063 be taken but the IOC has repeatedly said it would not punish athletes for government decisions.<\/p>\n<p>Reporting by Karolos Grohmann, Additional reporting by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber, \u2063editing by Ed\u200c Osmond<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<h2>In the News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>The Black Lives Matter Movement<\/h3>\n<p>In the summer of 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement garnered\u200b national attention.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>House GOP Leadership Priorities<\/h3>\n<p>House GOP leadership outlines agenda priorities with a new speaker at\u2064 the helm.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Ohio Voters and Abortion Access<\/h3>\n<p>Ohio voters cast their ballots here the results could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iocs-ban-on-russia-cannot-be-compared-with-israel-situation\/\" title=\"IOC's ban on Russia is incomparable to the situation in Israel.\">change \u2063state-wide abortion\u200c access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Free Palestine March\u2063 in \u2064D.C.<\/h3>\n<p>Thousands of \u200dpeople are expected to attend a Free Palestine march in D.C. on Saturday, Nov 4th.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>PayPal&#8217;s Market Value Surge<\/h3>\n<p>PayPal \u2062added nearly $4 billion to\u2062 its market value after a pledge to turn &#8220;leaner&#8221; fired up investors.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Social Media Regulation<\/h3>\n<p>China&#8217;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-carrying-explosives-wearing-tactical-gear-found-dead-at-glenwood-caverns-adventure-park\/\" title=\"Dead man found at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park with explosives and tactical gear.\">popular social \u200bmedia platforms announced<\/a> that \u200c&#8221;self-media&#8221; accounts with \u200cmore than 500,000 followers will be\u2063 asked to display real-name information.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Intel&#8217;s Rise\u200b in Chip Stocks<\/h3>\n<p>Intel rose more than 9% on Friday and sparked a jump in chip stocks after the personal \u200ccomputer market was rebounding from its quarters-long slump.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Amazon&#8217;s AI Market Ambitions<\/h3>\n<p>Amazon.com rose 7% on Friday as it aims for a larger share of\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-war-orders-starting-to-boost-revenues-for-big-us-defense-contractors\/\" title=\"US defense contractors are seeing increased revenues due to orders related to the Ukraine war.\">booming artificial intelligence market<\/a> \u200cin a race with Microsoft.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why\u200c does the IOC believe \u2063that \u2064the situation in Russia is unique and\u200b cannot be compared to any other war or conflict in the world?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Letes\u2063 will be \u2062allowed\u2062 to \u2062participate in the Paris Olympics is yet to \u2064be made, \u2063but \u2062the International Olympic Committee\u200c (IOC) \u200dhas already responded to Russia&#8217;s\u200b attempt \u2062to compare \u2064their suspension \u2064to \u200dthe situation of\u2062 Israeli athletes amidst the conflict with Hamas. In a statement,\u2064 the IOC \u200bsaid \u2062that such\u200d a comparison was out \u200dof place.<\/p>\n<p>Russian \u2064Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused\u200c the IOC of aligning itself with western political decisions\u2064 after the Olympic \u2063body emphasized that any discrimination against \u2063athletes \u2064at \u200bthe Games \u200bwould\u200c be \u200dswiftly \u200bdealt with\u200d because they are\u200c not \u200cresponsible \u2064for the decisions of their \u2063governments.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c IOC&#8217;s response came in light of a question\u2064 regarding\u2064 Israeli athletes participating in the Paris Olympics and the possible refusal \u200cof other nations&#8217; \u200cathletes to compete against them due \u200cto the ongoing conflict. Lavrov referred to the IOC&#8217;s statement as &#8220;shameful&#8221; and claimed that it demonstrated the organization&#8217;s\u200c political bias.<\/p>\n<p>However, the IOC clarified that the situation in Russia\u2062 is unique and \u200dcannot \u2062be compared to \u200dany other \u200bwar\u200c or conflict in the \u2063world. The measures taken and recommendations made by the IOC are a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army during the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing\u200d 2022. The IOC \u200bspokesperson emphasized that the \u200bdecision\u200c to ban\u200d the Russian\u2063 Olympic Committee (ROC) was made\u200b because it recognized regional organizations from four \u2062territories \u200cannexed \u200dfrom Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The ban\u2064 on the ROC was announced by the IOC on October 12, with immediate effect. This action was deemed a breach of the Olympic\u200b Charter as\u200b it\u2064 violated\u200c the\u2062 territorial\u2064 integrity of \u200bthe National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, as recognized\u200c by\u2063 the IOC.<\/p>\n<p>Lavrov criticized\u200d the IOC for what he \u200bsaw as\u200d kowtowing to western powers and accused\u2062 the organization of \u2063displaying biased and failed \u200ddecision-making. He \u200cstated \u2062that the IOC actively\u2064 supports the interests of Western \u2063countries, \u2063particularly\u200c the United States,\u2062 and discredited itself with its actions.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c decision on whether Russian \u2064athletes will be allowed\u200d to participate in the Paris Olympics is still pending. The IOC has faced criticism\u2064 from multiple parties, but it \u2062stands by its stance of condemning discrimination\u200d against athletes and maintaining \u2062the\u2062 integrity of the Olympic \u200cGames.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200bconclusion, the IOC firmly rejected\u200d the comparison made by Russia between their\u2062 suspension and the situation faced by Israeli athletes. The IOC\u200b maintains that their decision \u200bis in response to the violation\u200c of\u2063 the Olympic Charter by the\u200c ROC. The debate\u2062 regarding Russia&#8217;s participation in the upcoming \u200cOlympics continues, and \u2064the ultimate \u2062decision will have\u200c significant implications\u200b for both the \u2063sporting \u200cevent\u2064 and the geopolitical landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IOC President Thomas Bach gestures during the 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, on October 16, 2023. 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