The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said it would look into the refusal by Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby to shake the hand of his victorious Israeli opponent Or Sasson after their first round match in the men’s over-100kg competition at the Rio Olympic Games.
Two French MPs Eric Ciotti et Guillaume Larrive are in Israel for a three-day visit aimed at finding solutions to fight terrorism following the attacks in France.
''I am shocked by the incident in which the Israeli delegation in Rio was humiliated Because the Lebanese delegation refused to share a bus with Israeli Jews. This is pure anti-Semitism and racism of the worst kind,'' said Israeli Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev.
A University in Germany has decided to stop a seminar about young Palestinians after the course faced accusations of including anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli content and presenting a one-sided view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Germany and Australia have suspended their donations to World Vision, a charity international organisation in Gaza, after Israel arrested a Hamas member, Mohammed el-Halabi, accused of siphoning off $7.2 million dollars from the organization to fund the Islamist group’s military wing.
''We waited for this for 44 years, to have this remembrance and recognition of our loved ones who were killed so brutally in Munich,'' said Ankie Spitzer, widow of slain fencing coach Andre Spitzer, after International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach led a mourning ceremony for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
“I’m proud that we put a lid on Iran’s nuclear program without firing a single shot,” former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary said as she accepted her nomination for president by the Democratic Party in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
