Olympics is meant to be a nonpolitical occasion. The most politically significant Olympiad was the 1936 Berlin Olympics in which Jessie Owens, a black man, won 3 gold medals and tied a fourth, setting 3 world records and demolishing Hitler's notion of the Aryan Übermensch. After this amazing fete the media reported that when Jesse Owens won one gold medal Hitler was outraged and hurried out of the Olympic Stadium in order to avoid congratulating Jesse Owens on his gold medal. This would be characteristic of Hitler and the media used the fantasy to further their (otherwise justified) anti-nazi agenda. But the truth is that even Adolf Hitler, one of the most racist people of all time, shook the hand of someone who "spat with an h" on his theory of Aryan superiority and who he saw as inferior. The 1972 Munich games were also quite political but no handshakes were involved in that story. So far in the Rio Games this year, Judoka Islam El Shahaby (Egypt) refused to shake hands or bow with his opponent Or Sasson (Israel) after losing by Ippon. Judo is a Japanese martial art and as such it has a spiritual aspect. Respect and humility are two values that are required, emphasised and expected of all practitioners. In refusing to shake hands and bow, El Shahaby made the decision to disrespect his art form, opponent, opponent's country, Olympic standards and if any of those play into his Identity, himself. Prior to the fight, El Shahaby had been asked by political activists in Egypt to simply refuse to fight. The willingness of El Shahaby to fight has been hailed by some as "progress". But really it is just racism, perhaps an even stronger racism than that of Hitler. The Lebanese team refused to sit on the same bus as Jews, asking the bus driver to close the door and even standing in the way, barring the Olympians from boarding the Olympic bus. Surprising that Israelis would feel more comfortable bussing with Arabs than Arabs with Israelis considering the number of buses that have been blown up in Israel since its foundation and remembering the Munich games. A Saudi Arabian refused to face-off against an Israeli in Judo. Likely due to pressures back home similar to those applied to Shahaby. The main reasons for people to pull out of Olympic events are a) fear of losing against people you believe to be inferior b) To avoid legitimizing the country c) To treat them as less and perhaps not even worth competing with. d) To look like a world-class anti-semite Similar snubs have occurred throughout the years and it seems that people still aren't being reprimanded for perpetuating one of the most pervasive, malignant and archaic prejudices. With 6 days left of the Olympics, fingers are crossed that people can put politics and religion aside.
as start clearly you have no idea of the historic battle between arabs and isreal, yes its arab vs isreal and not jews as you stated second , its not fear to fight and lose to oponent as i can share with u several spots events of arabs vs isreal third , you are putting only one side of story where arabs refused to shake hands with isrealis, well newsflash kid, many non arabs also refused to shake hands with isreal athletes claiming they cant shake hands with killers , hint go use google for more than adult materials and ull find all those facts now i can go much longer but tou and roc here are weird and im not looking for my 6th forum ban
But there weren't Israelis for Arabs to discriminate against 100 year ago. There were Jews though. So what history are you talking about?
not arabs but ottomans muslims during suleiman the magnificant era welcomed jews when they were kicked from europe and treated them well, no one abused jews or hatred started till the early 1900s, again u clearly lacks minimal history readings
No but the issue with an Israeli nation in the middle east that is smaller than 5 percent or the region isn't due to how much space it takes up or how it's run or anything like that. The only problem with it is who inhabits it.
so the wall isreal built to seperate jews from arabs ( both islam and christians) isnt discriminating act ? kefo please dont be hypocrite
They built a wall to keep their citizens safe. There was too much terrorism in Israel and too many innocent civilians were dying.
so ppl in gaza arent important also to keep safe ? assasination of yasser arafat was something ok but taking revenge for fallen leader isnt ? man ill clap for your sad attempt with this thread but go read history about jews in europe , jews in mena and zionist move history then come and attempt to make smart argument
Tough to take care of innocent people in Gaza when Hamas fires missiles into Israel from residential areas. I've read the history of this issue why are you assuming that I haven't? Hamas's militant don't have a uniform because they don't have uniforms. Any fighter can have their gun taken away and instantly they become civilians again. When you read numbers of civilians killed you need to understand just how much unethical covering up occurs.
so your logic is: an arab refuse to shake isreali hand, thats crisis when isreali kills thousands of ppl its something normal ? how the hell is killing kids less than 10 years old have to do with peotecting the only racist state in the current century ? yep kid isreal currently is the only racist state why i tell u to read histry ? i just explained when europeans abused jews and kicked them from europe for reasons we all know, arabs took them in and helped them that was wrong move of arabs coz they should have learned from europeans . no arab discriminated against jews till formation of zionist move and occupation of palestian started
But the point is that the Olympics are NOT supposed to be political. It's disrespectful. And if you see Israelis disrespecting it, shun them. But I don't see that so your criticism of Israel's conduct and ANY criticisms of it are not relevant. People didn' snub America because of how they treated people in Guantanamo Bay, nobody snubs Saudi Arabia for its human rights abuses, nobody snubs the Congonese olympians, nobody snubs Iranians, Syrians, Libyans or any other country. It is only Israel.
the isreali kid doing what now lol and yes and stop saying arab snibing isreal during sports events, many europeans did same and refused ro shake isreali sports team also
lol u were gone for 10mins and u say u didnt find anything smh put more effort, its funny im trying to argue with u who have no deep understanding for the whole issue yet he threw some lines found on net and defending a nation go search bit more
I wrote most of the lines before I read any article Added some details that I saw later whilst looking for some facts or ideas to compliment.
so you wrote lines out of being butthurt without reading anything to check validity of your claims in attempt they will land on idiots who will believe them and think they are facts ?