The world is gearing up for the 2024 Summer time Olympics because the July 26 opening ceremony in Paris, France, approaches.
Athletes from Israel, nonetheless, are going through more and more violent threats and can obtain further safety from armed Shin Wager brokers.
Israel’s minister of tradition and sport, Miki Zohar, informed The Telegraph, “We all know there are threats (towards the group) however we don’t need to discuss it.”
“We attempt our greatest to ensure the athletes be happy but in addition secure and never afraid. We don’t need them to note the safety guards an excessive amount of. We would like them to really feel assured to allow them to do their job,” he mentioned.
The elevated safety stems from very public anti-Israel protests in Paris in addition to particular, violent on-line threats directed on the athletes.
In accordance with The Jerusalem Put up:
Walla reported that, over the weekend, Israeli athletes acquired on-line messages written in poor Hebrew. Many additionally acquired calls from international numbers. On Thursday and Friday, 15 athletes and their groups acquired an identical dying threats by way of e-mail, warning them they’d be killed in the event that they arrived in France, Walla reported.
The nameless e-mail mentioned that the sender meant to hurt “any Israeli presence on the Olympics” and mentioned that if any Israeli delegates attended, they’d be harmed.
The e-mail additionally referenced the Munich 1972 Olympics, telling the athletes to “Put together for the intifada!”
Through the “Munich Bloodbath,” eight Palestinian Liberation Group terrorists breached the Olympic Village on the ’72 Summer time Video games and entered an condo complicated housing Israeli athletes.
The terrorists murdered two members of the Israeli group within the Village earlier than taking 9 others hostage and demanding the discharge of 234 Arab prisoners from Israeli jails.
After a 23-hour standoff, the entire hostages have been killed.
Within the lead-up to the video games, pro-Hamas protestors have flooded Paris, demanding Israel be banned from taking part.
Palestine supporters flock to Paris streets demanding to ban Israel from Olympics pic.twitter.com/PkQ6A0YVu3
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El Al Airways launched a transferring video of help for the athletes as they head to Paris.
A transferring industrial by El Al Airways reassuring that #Israel and its athletes are by no means alone, as we gear up for the 2024 #Paris Olympic and #Paralympic video games! Am Yisrael Chai! Video: elalisrael pic.twitter.com/t1DY1lvEJw
— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) July 17, 2024