Olympic Silence

[akycha]

Forty years after 11 athletes were murdered in Munich, Israel still mourns alone.I was 11 years old and a fanatical sports fan. I could stay glued to the TV and radio for hours on end, rooting for my hometown teams. The pinnacle sporting event was the Olympics, providing not only a panoply of world-class athletics, but a once-in-four-year

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[sesmo]

Um, why do you think that's doubtful? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Palestine_at_the_Olympics

[yami_no_hoshi]

what exactly does that link prove?

[slurp]

And yet, with this very refusal the Olympics are being politicized. Olympic officials have said that if an official tribute were to take place, all Arab delegations (including those oil-rich states which provide Olympic funding) would quit the Olympics.

This reason would not have existed if it were anybody but Israelis, so it's not that doubtful.

[slurp]

Unenthusiastic, yeah, but even if one country boycotted that wouldn't be enough to cancel it. But that's just a hypothetical debate and somethign that can't really be proven anyway, so she probably shouldn't have used it as an example.