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An estimated 300 demonstrators gathered extracurricular nan Paris Organizing Committee for nan Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers' offices earlier this week.
The information of nan athletes who will correspond Israel successful nan upcoming Olympics appeared to beryllium nan focus, arsenic protesters demanded nan implementation of strict limits connected Israel's information successful nan Games.
Multiple protesters were seen pinch Palestinian flags, while immoderate cited nan ongoing war successful Gaza arsenic they chanted slogans successful guidance of Israel’s "institutional participation" successful nan Olympics.
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Demonstrators demanding nan boycott of Israel during Olympic Games show extracurricular nan Paris Olympic organizing committee headquarters, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 successful Saint-Denis, extracurricular Paris. (AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull)
Russian athletes will compete this summertime nether a neutral flag, and nary of nan country’s authorities officials will beryllium permitted to be nan Games. Tuesday’s protesters based on that Israelis should travel akin protocols from nan International Olympic Committee.
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"They didn’t request much than 4 days to determine to prohibition Russia and Belorussia from nan Olympics aft nan penetration of Ukraine," said Nicolas Shahshahani, who took portion successful nan protest. "They are prepared to invited nan Israeli delegation."
Demonstrators demanding nan boycott of Israel during Olympic Games show extracurricular nan Paris Olympic organizing committee headquarters, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 successful Saint-Denis, extracurricular Paris. About 300 pro-Palestinian demonstrators took portion connected nan protest. (AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull)
French President Emmanuel Macron antecedently said retired successful favour of IOC’s determination to let Russian athletes to compete successful nan Olympics contempt nan Ukraine invasion, but nether a neutral flag.
He defended nan information of Israeli athletes nether their country’s emblem contempt its violative successful Gaza since Oct. 7, erstwhile Hamas-led militants stormed into confederate Israel and killed astir 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted astir 250 hostages.
The logo, Paris 2024 representing nan Olympic Games, respective months anterior to nan commencement of nan Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is displayed connected nan façade of an charismatic shop connected February 21, 2024 successful Paris, France. (Chesnot/Getty Images)
"We cannot opportunity that Israel is attacking," Macron said. "Israel was a unfortunate of a violent onslaught to which it is now responding to successful Gaza."
Tuesday’s protests came days aft anti-Israel agitators, inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments astatine campuses successful the U.S., staged protests and tried to inhabit field buildings astatine France’s 2 prestigious universities successful nan Paris region.
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The highly-anticipated Olympic Games successful Paris statesman connected July 26. The Paralympics are scheduled for Aug. 28 and extremity connected Sept. 8.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Chantz Martin is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
