{"id":114483,"date":"2024-07-23T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=114483"},"modified":"2024-07-23T08:48:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T06:48:17","slug":"25-00-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=114483","title":{"rendered":"France Says Israeli Athletes \u2018Welcome\u2019 at Olympics Amid Mounting Threats, Added Security Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>France Says Israeli Athletes \u2018Welcome\u2019 at Olympics Amid Mounting Threats, Added Security Measures<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Shiryn Ghermezian<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Olympic Village prepared for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Photo: Paris 2024 \/ Raphael Vriet<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

French leaders said on Monday that the Israeli delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympics is welcome in France, despite what critics described as \u201cantisemitic\u201d comments to the contrary made by a French politician two days earlier.<\/span><\/p>\n

At an anti-Israel rally on Saturday,\u00a0far-left French lawmaker<\/a>\u00a0Thomas Portes said, \u201cI am here to say that, no, the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris. Israeli athletes are not welcome at the Olympic Games in Paris.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Portes called for Israelis to be excluded from the Paris Olympics because of Israel\u2019s ongoing war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip who perpetrated the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

Portes later also told the newspaper\u00a0Le Parisien<\/em>\u00a0that \u201cFrance\u2019s diplomats should pressure the International Olympic Committee to bar the Israeli flag and anthem, as is done for Russia\u201d due to its invasion of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

French Interior Minister\u00a0G\u00e9rald Darmanin<\/a>\u00a0said Portes\u2019 comments had \u201cobvious antisemitic overtones\u201d and \u201cplaced a target on the backs of the Israeli athletes.\u201d He added, \u201cI want to express my disgust at that. I want to assure the Israeli athletes of our full protection, like all athletes, but particularly them, also welcoming them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Darmanin also announced that Israel\u2019s Olympic delegation, which includes 88 athletes representing the Jewish state, will have increased security and will receive 24-hour security from French police. He said the decision was made after taking into consideration the 1972 Munich Olympics \u2014 where 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were murdered by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September \u2014 and how Israeli athletes are a target for attacks, especially since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.<\/span><\/p>\n

France has experienced a\u00a0record surge in antisemitic incidents<\/a>\u00a0since Oct. 7, when Hamas launched the war with its massacre across southern Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

French Foreign Minister St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9 reiterated that the Israeli delegation \u201cis welcome in France\u201d for the Paris Olympics during his visit to Brussels on Monday, the French-language newspaper\u00a0Le Monde<\/em><\/a>\u00a0reported. He called Portes\u2019 remarks \u201cirresponsible and dangerous,\u201d and added that France \u201cwill ensure the security of the [Israeli] delegation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Paris Police Chief Laurent Nu\u00f1ez\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a030,000 to 45,000 police personnel will be working daily to ensure safety at Olympic sites and fan zones in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was previously reported that Israel doubled its security budget for this year\u2019s Games, which will be Israel\u2019s 18th appearance in the Olympics. Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miki Zohar told\u00a0The Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0that the Israeli Olympic delegation this year, which is the second-largest Israeli delegation in Olympics history, has received threats but he did not go into detail. He added that delegation members will receive security details from Israel\u2019s Shin Bet security agency but not everyone will have their own bodyguards.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe try our best to make sure the athletes feel free but also safe and not afraid. We don\u2019t want them to notice the security guards too much. We want them to feel confident so they can do their job,\u201d he explained to the publication.<\/span><\/p>\n

There have been calls to\u00a0ban Israel<\/a>\u00a0from the Paris Olympics because of the Israel-Hamas war, but Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), said in March there is no doubt that Israel will participate in the Paris Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The 2024 Olympic Games will take place from July 26-Aug. 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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