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IOC chief Jacques Rogge has made a conscious effort to ensure Palestine representation at the Olympics. He further ventured beyond his normally "safe politically correct" stance to acknowledge that Israel was indeed hindering movement of Palestinian sportsmen and has pledged to address those issues. At no cost must sports be politicized. So credit to the IOC who anyways spread way more goodwill than the UN!!!
Now is Sepp Blatter listening?

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... =D9ILKQMG0

Oh the Israeli PR machine will have its knickers in a twist now. The Israeli lobbies all over the world will be now in overdrive to push politicians to condemn Rogges statments.

desertdudeshj wrote:Oh the Israeli PR machine will have its knickers in a twist now. The Israeli lobbies all over the world will be now in overdrive to push politicians to condemn Rogges statments.

Let me know if you find one.

Bibi has promised to look into the matter.. so let's see what happens. Fingers crossed:

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to look into ways of easing travel restrictions on Palestinian athletes on Thursday, as IOC President Jacques Rogge invited sports officials of both sides to meet at IOC headquarters in Europe.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sp ... s-1.317796


Cheers,
Shafique