Israel booed Paris Olympics 2024: Paris Olympics 2024 has become a home to controversies even before it began. The Olympic ceremony was to be held on 26 July, but two days before that, Israel faced Mali in football, whose match ended in a draw at 1-1. In fact, when Israel’s national anthem was played before the match started, supporters of the Muslim-majority country Palestine started shouting slogans against the Israeli football team and many people protested against Israel by showing the flag of Palestine.
Israel’s coach added fuel to the fire
As slogans were being raised against the Israeli team, the volume of the announcement speakers in the stadium was also being increased. The limit was crossed when slogans were raised against the entire Israeli team every time any Israeli player touched the ball. Anyway, this did not affect the Israeli team and its coach because coach Guy Luzon said that he liked it and slogans should be raised against them even louder because this will only encourage them to perform better.
Let us tell you that the match between Israel and Mali was very exciting, in which the first goal was scored by Israel, while after some time Mali leveled the score at 1-1. The score remained 1-1 till the end, due to which both the teams had to share one point each in this match of Group D.
Palestine athletes were welcomed with flowers
When the Palestinian athletes landed at Paris airport to participate in the Olympic Games, they were welcomed with flowers. People clapped for them and also welcomed them by giving gifts. The Palestinian athletes said that their participation in the Olympic Games amidst the Israel-Hamas war will send a strong message to the world. Let us tell you that due to the Israel-Hamas war, there was a demand all over the world to ban Israeli athletes from participating in the Paris Olympic Games.
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