{"id":291819,"date":"2024-07-25T07:27:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T07:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291819"},"modified":"2024-07-27T05:43:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T05:43:27","slug":"israeli-olympic-team-flagbearer-signed-bomb-shells-aimed-at-palestinian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=291819","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Olympic team flagbearer signed bomb shells aimed at Palestinian children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Israeli team&#8217;s flagbearer at the Paris Olympics, Peter Paltchik, is known for signing bomb shells aimed at Palestinian civilians in Gaza. (Twitter)<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Press TV \u2013 July 24, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Israeli team is set to participate in the Paris Olympics starting Friday after the French government as well as the International Olympic Committee turned down calls to ban it over the genocidal war on Gaza.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Netizens have been fuming at the body responsible for organizing the Olympic Games and Emmanuel Macron&#8217;s government for allowing \u201cmass murderers\u201d to participate in the marquee sports competition.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the flag-bearer of the Israeli contingent at the Paris Olympics will be Peter Paltchik, a Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka who competes in the under-100 kg weight category.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users have pointed out that Paltchik, a former European champion, was one of those who signed bomb shells\u00a0aimed at Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X, formerly Twitter, after the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged territory in October 2023, Paltchik shared a photo of munitions signed by him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom me to you with pleasure,\u201d he wrote in the tweet, which stirred up the hornet\u2019s nest.<\/p>\n<p>Leyla Hamed, a sports journalist based in the UK, said the presence of Israeli athletes such as Paltchik \u201cis going to make this Olympics (in Paris) to be remembered as the Genocide Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Meet Israel\u2019s flag bearer, Peter Paltchik, also known for signing bombs aimed at Palestinian children and civilians in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Israel presence is going to make this Olympics to be remembered as the Genocide Games. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpeNA2UHad\">https:\/\/t.co\/MpeNA2UHad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G7XRf7Itxu\">pic.twitter.com\/G7XRf7Itxu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leylahamed\/status\/1815837997260234846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hamed hastened to add that Paltchik was part of the judo team that disrupted a pro-Palestinian protest in Japan and harassed protestors while wearing his Olympic uniform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes this represent the @Olympics spirit,\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israeli judo team disrupt a demonstration in solidarity with Palestine in Japan and threaten to kill protestors while wearing their Olympics uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Why is the Olympics Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iocmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iocmedia<\/a> still silent over such violent behaviour? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BanIsraelFromSports?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BanIsraelFromSports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eNeteS5nSU\">pic.twitter.com\/eNeteS5nSU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Leyla Hamed (@leylahamed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/leylahamed\/status\/1780947536808681847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Her tweets came in response to a post by the Israeli Olympic team on July 5 stating that Paltchik and Andi Murez would be flagbearers for the Israeli contingent at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Max Blumenthal, a US-based journalist and editor of the Grayzone website, responding to Hamed\u2019s tweet wrote that Israel \u201cseldom wins gold because there are no Olympic competitions in slaughtering masses of children and manipulating Western political hacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Israel seldom wins gold because there are no Olympic competitions in slaughtering masses of children and manipulating Western political hacks <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLDxFra8tx\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZLDxFra8tx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxBlumenthal\/status\/1815977788052058172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Kieran Cunningham, the chief sports writer for the Irish Daily Star, also reacted to Paltchik being the Israeli team\u2019s flagbearer at the Paris Olympics, calling it a \u201cdisgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a disgrace that apartheid Israel are allowed to take part in the Olympics,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a disgrace that apartheid Israel are allowed to take part in the Olympics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdeeis1WCV\">https:\/\/t.co\/rdeeis1WCV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kieran Cunningham (@KCsixtyseven) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCsixtyseven\/status\/1816022112953422290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Boren Kraunt, a Jewish peace activist, in a post on X, shared Paltchik\u2019s photos \u2013 him posing with Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu, shells signed by the judoka and him harassing pro-Palestine protesters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeter Paltchik Israel&#8217;s flag bearer at the Olympics. Above all, he carries the standard of war and has simple pleasures: posing with Netanyahu, signing shells, misusing Judaism to bless massacres or his kimono to intimidate demonstrators for a cease-fire,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peter_paltchik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peter_paltchik<\/a> est le porte drapeau d&#39;Isra\u00ebl aux JO. Il porte surtout l&#39;\u00e9tendard de la guerre et a des plaisirs simples : poser avec Netanyahu, signer des obus, d\u00e9tourner le juda\u00efsme pour b\u00e9nir des massacres ou son kimono pour intimider des manifestants pour un cessez-le-feu. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JBjlwTCpWZ\">pic.twitter.com\/JBjlwTCpWZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Borenkraut (@Borenkraut) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Borenkraut\/status\/1815702572780429325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Anita Rama, an Algerian activist, also took to X to introduce Israel\u2019s Olympic 2024 flagbearer to her followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is Peter Paltchik, the standard bearer of the Israeli Olympic delegation, best known for having signed and autographed bombs intended to massacre Palestinian children in particular,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are not the Olympics of sportsmanship but of genocide and shame.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Voici Peter Paltchik, le porte-drapeau de la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation olympique d\u2019israel,surtout connu pour avoir sign\u00e9 et d\u00e9dicac\u00e9 des bombes destin\u00e9es \u00e0 massacrer notamment des enfants palestiniens! <br \/>Ce ne sont pas les JO de la sportivit\u00e9 mais du g\u00e9nocide et de la honte!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoycottIsraelJO2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoycottIsraelJO2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svo7HSnPsi\">pic.twitter.com\/svo7HSnPsi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anita \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udf49\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\udded\u270c\ufe0f\u0645\u0633\u0644\u0645\u0629 \u262a\ufe0f\ud83d\udc9a\ud83c\udf0d\u2764\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8 (@AnitaRama12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnitaRama12\/status\/1816012795776757886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Fadi Quran, the campaign manager for Avaaz, a rights and advocacy group, in a post on X, stated that the ICJ advisory opinion mandates that the Olympics officially ban Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IOC has a policy prohibiting apartheid and systematic discrimination, necessitating a ban on governments engaging in such practices. The ICJ has confirmed that Israel is guilty of these actions,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing Israel to participate violates the IOC charter. Ignoring the Palestinian Olympic Committee\u2019s request will permanently stain the Paris Olympics and every member of the Olympic committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paris Olympics is scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Palestine campaigners are expected to stage a protest at the Parc des Princes stadium when the Israel men\u2019s football team plays Mali in an opening tie in the\u00a0Olympic Games\u00a0in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/Detail\/2024\/07\/24\/729971\/israeli-olympic-team-flagbearer-signed-bomb-shells-aimed-palestinian-children\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flag-bearer of the Israeli Olympics team will be Peter Paltchik, a Ukrainian born martial artist who personally endorsed munitions destined for Palestinian civilians with his signature <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":291820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[118,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7-10-gaza-war","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=291819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291821,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291819\/revisions\/291821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/291820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=291819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=291819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=291819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}