Around thirty deputies from La France insoumise and environmentalists demanded that “the same sanctions as against Russia” be applied to Israel during the Olympics.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not plan to “sanctions” against Israel for the Paris Olympic Games, a senior executive of the Olympic body assured Friday March 8, after French left-wing deputies requested that Israeli athletes participate under a neutral banner.
In a letter sent on February 20 to the president of the IOC, Thomas Bach, around thirty deputies from La France insoumise (LFI) and environmentalists demanded “to apply to Israel, during the next Olympic Games, the same sanctions as to Russia and Belarus, while leaving open the possibility of lifting these sanctions in the event of a lasting ceasefire.”
“Two different situations”
“Today, there is no question of considering sanctions”said Pierre-Olivier Beckers, the president of the coordination commission for the 2024 Olympic Games, interviewed during a press conference at the headquarters of the organizing committee for the Games.
“The elements which led the IOC to sanction Russia first and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) then are specific elements, for which Russia and more recently, in October 2023, the ROC, have clearly flouted essential elements of the Olympic charter”explained Pierre-Olivier Beckers. “This is neither the case of the Palestinian Olympic Committee nor the Israeli Olympic Committee (…) which coexist peacefully with each other. It is quite clear that these are two different situations”he added.
