Israel’s Olympic Committee opposes threats to its athletes: “They want to scare us”

2024-07-21 13:48:06

The Israeli Olympic Committee has opposed that at least 15 of his athletes, who will participate in the Paris Olympics, has received threatening emails and calls in the last week. “They want to scare our athletes, but we really expect to receive this kind of messages. Even if we receive any threat, we are not worried because most of these messages that we have seen are bots, “Israeli diplomatic sources close to the Olympic Committee informed EFE.

According to Israel’s Times newspaper, some athletes received an e-mail with this message: “The Organization for Human Security announced that it has decided to harm any Israel ahead In the olympic games. If you come to Paris we will repeat the events of Munich in 1972.” During the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, the so-called terrorist group ‘Black September’ broke into the Olympic village and took Israeli athletes hostagekilling another eleven of them and a German policeman.

Unexpected measures

“In these months, we have been working to build a strong cooperation and unity between Israel and the French defense,” continued the same sources, adding that all the athletes have been. “official” to know how to act in the face of types of threats. The Paris 2024 organizing committee has already assured that “unprecedented” measures will be taken to guarantee the safety of these Games, which begin this Friday, with the implementation of 30,000 policemen that will be reinforced by some 20,000 soldiers.

Furthermore, they are expected within 17,000 and 22,000 private security agents for Olympic venues and fan communities. “All our athletes are excited and focused on the competition. Unlike what many may think, these threats give us more strength and remind us why our participation in these Olympic Games is important,” they tell.

President of Israel, Isaac Herzog, will fly to Paris and Rome this week to participate in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games and meet with city leaders, his office confirmed in a statement. Israel’s participation in these games has not been viewed favorably by some international political actors since its outbreak of violence in the Strip has already killed nearly 39,000 Gazans. In February, a total of 26 French lawmakers asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban the participation of the Hebrew State.