Israel/Palestine

leftynyc

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1. I don't believe the Saudis

Tue Aug 9, 2016, 06:55 AM

Aug 2016

After reading this article:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/08/olympics-israel-lebanese-athletes-refuse-share-bus

I'll never believe any of them when it concerns the Olympics and Israel ever again.

From the article:
Israeli Olympians have criticised the Lebanese delegation for an altercation over transport to the opening ceremony, saying it went against the spirit of the Games.

Israeli athletes were blocked from boarding a bus packed with Lebanese athletes in Rio de Janeiro on Friday in what the head of the Israeli delegation, Gili Lusting, construed as an aggressive gesture.

They should have told the Lebanese to get the fuck out and not let them compete.

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