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Israel-hate, an Olympic sport

August 11, 2016 10:33
The Israeli team at the Opening Ceremony

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Lebanon's delegation to the Games was censured by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday after its athletes refused to share a shuttle bus with the Israeli team.

The move was branded the "worst kind of racism" by Miri Regev, Israel's Culture and Sport Minister.

The bus had been due to take the two teams to the opening ceremony at the Maracana stadium on Friday evening.

Salim al-Haj Nicolas, the head of the Lebanese Olympic team, said that he called for the door to be closed on the Israeli team, but they "insisted on getting on".

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