2023-12-17 16:45:10
When asked how he is, Nader Jayousi, the technical director of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, who remains in Gaza, struggles to find the words. “It’s difficult to say that we’re doing well in such a horrible life,” he finally replied, annoyed, between two cuts in the line. For more than two months, and the Israeli counter-offensive which followed the Hamas attack of October 7, the Palestinian has lived in constant fear. And the fear of not being able to take your athletes to the Paris Olympic Games. However, he does not lose hope of seeing his flag flying on the Seine and dreams of having at least as many athletes in the delegation in Paris as in Tokyo, where five Palestinians marched three years ago.
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