Antisemitism in the Olympic Games
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The modern
Munich Events of 1972, which ended in the death of eleven Israeli athletes. The first official commemoration by the International Olympic Committee in acknowledgment of the event happened in 2016.[2]
The Olympic Games
Berlin - 1936
- The 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, Germany soon after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, were subjected to boycotts and racial discrimination.[3] Jews were banned from the German team. Critics claimed that Hitler used the Olympic stage to propagate his own political ideologies. Hitler was also heavily criticized for his racist attitude towards the Jewish participants in the games. Recognizing the exploitation of the Olympic Games for political purposes by Hitler, a number of organizations and leading politicians called for a boycott of the games.[3]
Munich - 1972
- During the Operation Wrath of God, tracking down and killing Palestinians suspected of involvement in the massacre. On 3 August 2016, two days prior to the start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee officially honored the eleven Israelis killed for the first time.[12]
Moscow - 1980
- Israel was one of the countries that Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but also because of Soviet anti-semitic and anti-Israel policies.[13]
Athens - 2004
- Iranian judoka Iranian National Olympic Committee spokesman said it was Iran's "general policy" not to face Israeli athletes. He earned public praise from the Iranian government.[14] In an editorial, The Jerusalem Post said that Miresmaeili disqualified himself and listed it as an antisemitic incident.[15]
London - 2012
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- At a ceremony for memory of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches that were killed at the Olympic village.[17]
Rio de Janeiro - 2016
- Lebanese Olympians refused to ride on a bus with Israeli athletes to get to the opening ceremony of the Maracana stadium, the head of the Lebanese delegation blocked the entrance.[19]
PyeongChang - 2018
- The IBSF was accused of antisemitism by an Israeli athlete who claimed that an official who disqualified a piece of equipment stated the reason as being "you people make all the rules, but not today."[20]
See also
- Boycotts of Israel in sports
- Jewish Olympics
- Muscular Judaism
References
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- ^ "First official IOC ceremony in memory of Munich victims". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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- ^ Reeve, Simon (22 January 2006), "Olympics Massacre: Munich – The real story", The Independent, archived from the original on 16 March 2012, retrieved 3 March 2012
- ^ Fleisher, Malkah (22 July 2012). ""Baffled" Bob Costas to Call Own Minute of Silence During Olympic Broadcast for Slain Israeli Team". The Jewish Press. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ISBN 978-1-317-47186-8.
Early acts at Palestinian terrorism were geared toward drawing international attention to the plight of Arabs living under Israeli occupation and to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners. Unlike much later terrorism in the Arab Muslim world, these acts, which ranged from plane hijackings to targeted attacks on Israeli civilians, were motivated largely by a secular brand of nationalism. In fact, Luttif "Issa" Afif, the leader of the PLO-affiliated Black September group that captured and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, was born to a Jewish mother and a Christian father.
- ^ Latsch, Gunther; Wiegrefe, Klaus (18 June 2012), "Files Reveal Neo-Nazis Helped Palestinian Terrorists", Spiegel Online
- ^ "First official Olympic ceremony held in memory of Munich victims".
- ^ "TIMELINE: Jews in the Summer Olympics". Jul 20, 2012.
- ^ "BBC NEWS - Europe - Mystery over Iran judo 'protest'". 15 August 2004.
- ^ "Unsportsmanlike conduct". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ Johnston, Ian (6 August 2012). "Olympics officials accused of anti-Semitism over Munich remembrance". NBC News. Archived from the original on 8 August 2012.
- ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
- ^ "Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team". BBC Sport. 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Anti-Semitism at Olympics by Muslim nations keeps age-old animosities alive". 11 August 2016.
- ^ "A.J. Edelman: A Jewish Pittsburgher meets antisemitism at the Olympics, and here". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2023-01-15.