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Olympics: Lebanese team refuses to train near Israeli athletes
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Published: 28.07.12, 10:17
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1. Withdraw from this farce and spend the money for the poor
olim hadashim ,   tel aviv/israel   (07.28.12)
and building settlements.
2. Lebanon Judo team
Rhonda ,   Chicago, USA   (07.28.12)
What poor sportsmen. I know that the Israeli team will conduct themselves at the highest level of Olympic ideals. Good luck to all of you and no matter the medal count we are proud of you!
3. sharing
colin ,   `   (07.28.12)
irack must be informed that atlectic have attended the olmpic gamed for thier aporting achiievemnts and not POLITIC/ They must first learn to contend in sports and not in thier filth underhand politis
4. Didn't all athlets take a vow to play the sport
Talula ,   Israel   (07.28.12)
in the spirit of the games, to show respect and friendship to fellow athletes? Guess the Lebanese losers didn't hear that part. They should be barred from playing now. And, the idiots that put up a screen should also be kicked out for promoting such vile behavior instead of reading them the rules and telling them to grow up.
5. What a fantastic opportunity for Israel to say "FY World"and
tom ,   tel aviv   (07.28.12)
pull out of this sharade of brotherly love & sports! Either you come & behave in a civilized manner or you are made to leave: you don't put up friggin' walls! We should never have gone there in the first place, not after they've pissed in our faces several times.... Yes I know: it is "important" to make our presence known etc... Is it, at any price ?!
6. Double standardS
Emma ,   Arab Occupied London   (07.28.12)
Funny how the IOC refused to allow a minutes silence for the athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists on the grounds that sports are above politics yet they say nothing when the racist Lebanese refuse to train next the Israelis. More proof of the anti-Israel bias of the IOC.
7. Racist pigs
HaifaGuy   (07.28.12)
Don't you dare even mention apartheid. What swine
8. I would like a final between Israel an Lebanon
someone ,   somewhere   (07.28.12)
And i have a revelation also: Lebanon will quit because of fear of loosing again!
9. The IOC should send Lebanon home
Tell 'em to go home!   (07.28.12)
IF.. the IOC wanted to be seen as fair - they would advise Lebanon and anyone else that if they don't conduct themselves in the spirit of the Games - then piss off home! Its a disgrace that the weak IOC even entertains ANY unsportsmanlike behaviour. like this at all. STUPID.
10. Lebanon's Judoka Team
Douglas Fireman ,   Chicago, USA   (07.28.12)
Who cares. The actions of the Lebanese team is childishly stubborn. Their team showed poor sportsmanship like behavior which degrade their Olympic status.
11. SICKENING
Brant ,   Hilton Head USA   (07.28.12)
and, moreso, how many people, officials and nations, wherever this occurs, will do nothing in the face of this awful, continuing hatred so perfectly crafted every time by the Arabs. It would be wortgh saying "shame on you" except that they have no idea what shame is.
12. INTERESTING HOW
DANI ,   ISRAEL   (07.28.12)
NO MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR THE 11 ISRAELI'S MURDERED AT THE OLYMPICS BUT SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE ARABS.. WEREN'T THEY PREACHING IN THE OPENING SPEECH THAT THE WORLD PUTS POLITICS ASIDE FOR THE GAMES AND YET THEY DO THIS??
13. To nr 6.
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (07.28.12)
You are correct with the IOC's double standard, but allow me some correction. You live in arab, bengali, urdu, malayalam, bunyoro, basoga, hottentotta occupied London.
14. WITHDRAW FROM THIS FARCE
DA RAP ARTIST ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (07.28.12)
Israel does not need this goyim naches ,this nonsense show.
15. WHAT USE IS DA OLYMPICS ?
DA URBAN POET ,   SAFED OPERA HOUSE   (07.28.12)
This Olympics is a farce from beginning to end .There is no sign of a Brotherhood Of Man nor good sportsmanship .There is just a pathetic continuation of old scores and arguments and geo-political nonsense.Israel would do just as well to give this a wide berth .
16. Kick their asses!
Yakov ,   Tel Aviv   (07.28.12)
The Israeli Judo team is pride for us all. You kick their punk asses!
17. Somwhere, some one is yelling at an underling...
Orly ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (07.28.12)
... "Why did you put them together?!" As if logic should have dictated that keeping the two sets of nationals from being adjacent would have been the "normal" thing to do.
18. go lebanon, go Palestine ♥
Salma ,   Palestine   (07.28.12)
I loved to see them!... It is very, very good to show the word "PALESTINE" and the flag to the world!... It's another form to figt... GOOD LUCK and God Bless them! ♥
19. olympics & everywhere else
aaron ,   toronto canada   (07.28.12)
Don't feel bad about THEM not wanting to train or compete against Israeli athletes at the olympics,Israel should send its' athletes to every possible athletic competition around the world so all the ARAB competitors stay home that will be the best solution.
20. How Awful - The Lebanese Might Have Learned Something
Bill Foonman ,   Jacksonville USA   (07.28.12)
The Lebanese team should have been thrown out for bringing their primitive BS to the Olympics. Especially in the martial arts such as Judo, their behaviour flies in the face of everything it stands for.
21. Salma is back!
HaifaGuy   (07.28.12)
So how was that Norwegian propaganda workshop? Are you any more brainwashed? Is that even possible??
22. IOC's double standards are discraceful.
Paul Sheaf ,   Liverpool, UK   (07.28.12)
Israeli athletes murdered in 1972 Munich Olympics! this was a big political statement by Palestinians. 40 year battle to request 1 minutes silence by widows of these athletes are refused by IOC on the grounds that they don't want to politicize the Olympics dispite over 100,000 signature petition and support from top western leaders. Who are the IOC kidding? Between them and the UN who needs enemies?
23. its not racism
moe shadid ,   jordan   (07.28.12)
its kindda no one like to see israelis because israel is a savage country and savage occupier .......
24. Salma, poor sportsman's are losers
Yakov ,   Tel Aviv   (07.28.12)
Too bad, Salma. Your people have already lost! Their racist behavior, is in poor taste, and shows poor sportsmanship. A screen? How do you justify such crass behavior. In my opinion, that's ground for disqualification.
25. disqualify them, send them back to southern syria !!
Jimmy ,   Canada   (07.29.12)
disqualify them, send them back to southern syria !!
26. They have a military force on Lebanese soil
Raymond ,   Toronto Canada   (07.29.12)
Lets not forget that isreal is at war with lebanon and it killed thousands of Lebanese just in 1 month in 2006. Did u want them to hug ??
27. 326 rAYMOND, WHO STARTED THAT WAR....?
(07.29.12)
28. How laughable!
Tim ,   Brighton   (07.29.12)
Pea minded...but its not just Israel... Consider the handful of Team GB athletes who refused to sing the National Anthem - because they were Welsh or Scottish! There are always these pathetic tiresome idiots...
29. Biased article
sam ,   toronto   (07.30.12)
coming from a Jewish website, this article is the most biased work ive seen! Yeah dont mix sports with politics, you guys mix politics with everything!!!
30. #26
Paul ,   Liverpool UK   (08.02.12)
Raymond, please don't shame the IOC they are for tolerance to all nations regardless of their affiliation to terror groups like Hitzbollah and Al Qeida
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