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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 369

Palestinian Olympic Committee

Athletes of Team Palestine wave flags on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Michael Reaves / POOL / AFP)
July 28, 2024, 8:04 am
Palestinian Olympian wears shirt showing planes bombing children at opening ceremony
Shirt cleared with IOC despite political messages being banned from game events; meanwhile, Israeli athletes forbidden from wearing yellow ribbon for hostages
By AFP and ToI Staff
Jibril Rajoub, president of the Palestinian Football Association and the Palestine Olympic Committee, Palestinian Olympic athletes and members of the delegation arrive at Charles-de-Gaulle Airport, north of Paris, on July 25, 2024. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
July 25, 2024, 5:54 pm
Palestinian Olympic head decries IOC ‘double standards’ for letting Israel compete
Jibril Rajoub says Israel has no right to compete due to war in Gaza after Olympic committee rejects his request to ban Jewish state from Paris Games
By AFP and ToI Staff
International Olympic Committe (IOC) President Thomas Bach delivers a speech on the first day of the 142nd IOC Session, three days ahead of the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 23, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 10:55 pm
IOC president stresses neutrality after Palestinians request Olympic ban on Israel
French President Macron says Israeli athletes are ‘welcome’ in France, rejects calls to boycott Jewish state from Games
By AFP
A tourist chariot passes in front of a banner calling for the Israeli team to be banned from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, installed by the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters in Jakarta on July 21, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 8:46 pm
IOC hears Palestinian request to ban Israel from Olympics over war in Gaza
Palestine Olympic Committee says some 400 athletes killed, others denied safe passage from Gaza due to ongoing war; call likely to be rejected
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A general view of billboard that reads 'Ban Israel from the Olympics' on the M1 North De Villiers Graaf motorway in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 22, 2024. (Phill Magakoe/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 9:21 am
With Israeli athletes in Paris, Palestinian Olympics team repeats call to ban them
Palestine Olympic Committee claims 400 athletes have been killed during war against Hamas in Gaza, references ICJ decision on illegal East Jerusalem, West Bank rule
By AFP
Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab reacts during the men's 100m freestyle heats at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
July 20, 2024, 9:51 pm
In shadow of war, Palestinian Olympic delegation ready to compete
Six Palestinian athletes — competing in judo, taekwondo, boxing, swimming and shooting — say just being at the Paris games is a victory
By Reuters
Palestinian swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab reacts during the men's 100m freestyle heats at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, July 26, 2023. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
July 2, 2024, 9:37 am
Six athletes, including one woman, in Palestinian team for Paris Olympics
Contestants will compete under wild card system in boxing, judo, swimming, shooting and taekwondo events
By AP and ToI Staff
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