THE NATION MAGAZINE: ITS TIME TO KICK ISRAEL OUT OF SOCCER
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Sean Jacobs, editor of Africa is a Country and co-editor of "Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy" together with Aubrey Bloomfield of the New School in New York City have written that: "This may be the year in which sport, especially soccer, emerges as the next frontier in the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to isolate Israel over its occupation of Palestine. And the ball is in BDS’s court...". Click here for more info.
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ISRAEL'S OLYMPIC TEAM REFUSED ENTRY ON BUS
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During the 1980s Apartheid South Africa and its representatives were protested across the globe, today Israel and its representatives are being protested the world over. Recently in Brazil, Israeli Athletes at the Rio Olympics were refused entry onto a bus at the opening ceremony. Click here for more info.
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RIO 2016: JUDO COMPETITOR FORFEITS MATCH TO AVOID ISRAELI OPPONENT
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Israeli media have reported that a female judoka forfeited her first round match at the Olympic Games so she would not have to face the Israeli competitor, Gili Cohen. Click here for more info.
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PROFILE: PALESTINIAN SWIMMER MARY
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22-year-old Palestinian swimmer Mary Al Atrash, flying the Palestinian flag at this year's Olympics, hails from the Palestinian Christian community of Beit Sahour near the Holy Town of Bethlehem in the Palestinian West Bank. Click here for a video profile.
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PROFILE: PALESTINIAN SPRINTER FROM GAZA
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23-year-old Palestinian sprinter Mohammed Abukhousa, who is competing in this year's Olympics, hails from the Palestinian Gaza Strip. He doesn’t have grounds to practice on. His father is blind. He has four sisters. His brother is no more - killed at the age of 13 by Israel. He laments: “Do you have any idea what it’s like to hold the lifeless body of a younger brother? It’s not easy to hold your dead brother and then go train. I have done that. And I had to explain everything to my father who can’t see.” Click here for more info.
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SIGN & SHARE: PETITION CALLING ON FIFA TO GIVE ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS THE RED CARD
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Israel has set up six soccer clubs in illegal Israeli settlements on illegally occupied Palestinian land. FIFA laws prohibit using another country’s land without consent, and South African FIFA official, Tokyo Sexwale, is part of a FIFA investigation as to whether these teams should be allowed to participate in international football.
The illegal Israeli settlements are not only an obstacle to peace but are also illegal under international law having been condemned from the South African Government to the European Union and the USA. Israeli settlement football teams legitimise the illegal occupation and condone the suffering of the Palestinians. Palestinians aren’t allowed into the Israeli settlement stadiums, let alone allowed to play football there!
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DEFYING ISRAELI PERSECUTION AND HINDRANCES, PALESTINIAN TEAM ARRIVES AT RIO 2016 OLYMPICS
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"The flag of #Palestine was carried into the Olympics by a [Palestinian] woman. To us Palestinian men, this is no surprise. We have known for quite some time that our women are in charge."
"Also, Palestine has sent two swimmers to the Olympics, despite the fact that there are no Olympic-sized pools accessible to our athletes to train in."
"Yet, Israel, for some reason, still thinks we are going to eventually give up. They're so silly. #FreePalestine"
Due to Israel's Apartheid practices and policies, the Palestinian team taking part in the Olympic Games faced challenges few other athletes could even imagine.
The Palestinian team was forced to buy equipment and other necessary items in Brazil after Israel had prevented entry of their equipment. Israel prevented those supplies, much of which was donated by foreign governments, from reaching occupied Palestine by enforcing unfair taxes or excessive fees.
In addition, the Palestinian team had to camp abroad for several weeks in order to be able to reach Brazil without too many problems.
Israel also prevented the head of the Palestinian Olympic team from leaving the Palestinian Gaza Strip to be with his team in Brazil.
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