{"id":2232897,"date":"2024-04-29T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-embraces-anti-israel-politics-with-promise-to-palestinian-athletes\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T16:52:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:52:04","slug":"olympics-embraces-anti-israel-politics-with-promise-to-palestinian-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/olympics-embraces-anti-israel-politics-with-promise-to-palestinian-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics Supports Palestinian Athletes with Anti-Israel Stance"},"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\">14<\/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%2Folympics-embraces-anti-israel-politics-with-promise-to-palestinian-athletes%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=2232897&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the Olympics&#8217; controversial decision \u2064to \u200dinclude Palestinian \u200cathletes despite ongoing Israel-Hamas\u2062 tensions. The International Olympic Committee&#8217;s commitment to\u200d Palestinian participation, even \u2062without qualification, has sparked debate. The move,\u2062 seen as supportive of Palestinian\u200c aspirations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-lying-to-the-american-public-for-years-when-will-liberal-media-report-on-joe-bidens-obvious-dementia\/\" title=\"After Lying to the American Public for Years When will Liberal Media Report on Joe Biden\u2019s Obvious Dementia?\">raises questions<\/a> about IOC&#8217;s\u2064 impartiality and potential future\u200b implications for other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kennedy-family-members-put-on-blast-for-how-they-are-treating-rfk-jr-the-mark-of-totalitarian-systems\/\" title=\"Kennedy family criticized for treatment of RFK Jr.: 'Revealing totalitarian traits'\">ethnic \u200dgroups<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <\/p>\n<h2>Olympics Embraces Anti-Israel Politics with Promise to Palestinian Athletes<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 12:02pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Despite all the calls from the left to \u201cfree Palestine\u201d \u2014 calls that have grown louder amid Israel\u2019s war on Hamas following the group\u2019s Oct. 7 terrorist attack \u2014 there never has been a country with that name.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that the International Olympic Committee never got that memo, however.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians will compete against athletes representing actual nations around the world in the Paris Olympics in July.<\/p>\n<p>Not only that, but IOC President Thomas Bach said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/palestinian-flag-replaces-american-flag-harvard-police-step\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestinian<\/a> athletes will be invited to the Summer Games even if they fail to qualify, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/04\/27\/palestinian-athletes-invited-to-compete-in-paris-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bach said he expected that six to eight of them will compete in Paris, the U.K. outlet reported Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made the clear commitment that even if no [Palestinian] athlete would qualify on the field of play \u2026 then the National Olympic Committee of Palestine would benefit from invitations, like other national Olympic Committees who do not have a qualified athlete,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Bach said he and the rest of his progressive friends at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/official-olympics-account-invokes-zeus-apollo-pagan-ritual-olympia-misses-key-point-jesus-christ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IOC<\/a> have \u201csupported in many different ways the athletes to allow them to take part in qualifications and to continue their training\u201d from the beginning of the conflict in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-gets-called-hypocrisy-calls-israels-gaza-strike-outrageous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gaza<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/ioc-palestinian-athletes-to-be-invited-to-paris-olympics-\/7587390.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agence France-Presse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that conflict was started when Hamas terrorists launched a brutal terrorist attack on Israel in which 1,200 people \u2014 most of them civilians \u2014 were killed and many others were raped and kidnapped.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/sport\/20240404-palestinian-athletes-will-represent-a-country-a-history-a-cause-at-the-paris-olympics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">France 24<\/a>, Palestinians were first admitted into the Olympics for the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should Palestinians be allowed to compete under their flag?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But this time, they will be competing to \u201crepresent a country, a history, a cause,\u201d Nader Jayousi, technical director of the Palestine Olympic Committee, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-insurgence-leader-john-sullivan-speaks-out-in-infowars-interview-bidens-victory-is-fishy-massive-support-for-trump-speaks-for-itself-video\/\" title=\"Antifa-Insurgence Leader John Sullivan Speaks Out in Infowars Interview: Biden\u2019s Victory Is \u2018Fishy,\u2019 Massive Support For Trump \u2018Speaks For Itself\u2019 (Video)\">massive support<\/a> from countries around the world who believe in the Palestinians\u2019 aspirations to succeed in sports,\u201d Jayousi said.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, that support is reflected by the IOC.<\/p>\n<p>The organization\u2019s website features an entry for the nonexistent country of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palestine<\/a>\u201d along with its flag, president and secretary general, and a recognition year of 1993 (referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-israel-colonized-apartheid-state\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oslo Accords<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Bach met with that president, Jibril Rajoub, on April 17, and pledged that the IOC \u201cwill continue to assist the [National Olympic Committee of Palestine] and its athletes as much as possible in their preparation and qualification for the Olympic Games Paris 2024,\u201d according to an IOC <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/ioc-president-welcomes-noc-of-palestine-to-olympic-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, President Rajoub presented the Palestinian \u2018Palestinian Sports Revival Plan\u2019 and asked the IOC for support,\u201d the release said. \u201cPresident Bach agreed that the IOC would coordinate an international effort to mobilise funding from various international contributors for this plan, which is aimed at rebuilding the destroyed sporting facilities on the territory of the Palestinian NOC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-congressman-wants-biden-admin-to-pick-up-the-bill-for-states-1-5-billion-border-security\/\" title=\"Texas Congressman Wants Biden Admin To Pick Up The Bill For State\u2019s .5 Billion Border Security\">plan sends<\/a> a strong message of hope to the entire Olympic community in Palestine, from grassroots to elite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All of this raises a question: Will other loosely affiliated ethnic groups get such favorable treatment from the IOC, or is this a special privilege for those that have become a hot-button issue for the left?<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We who work here at The Western Journal have fought for years against Big Tech and the elites who want to shut us down and then shut America down. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Make no mistake \u2014 nothing will be the same after November 2024. 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Please don\u2019t let the America-hating left win. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Stand with us today<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a loving home for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent commentary by Allison Anton on April 29, 2024, titled &#8220;Olympics Embraces Anti-Israel Politics,&#8221; the focus is on the promise to Palestinian athletes amidst escalating tensions. 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