The modern
Olympic Games or Olympics, are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and
Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.[1] In the Olympic Games during the years, despite its approach of "peace through sport", there have been claims of
antisemitism, most notably in the
Munich Events of 1972, which ended in the death of eleven Israeli athletes. The first official commemoration by the
International Olympic Committee in acknowledgment of the event happened in 2016.[2]
The
1936 Summer Olympics, held in
Berlin,
Germany soon after
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, were subjected to boycotts and racial discrimination.[3] Jews were banned from the German team. Critics claimed that Hitler used the Olympic stage to propagate his own political ideologies. Hitler was also heavily criticized for his racist attitude towards the Jewish participants in the games. Recognizing the exploitation of the Olympic Games for political purposes by Hitler, a number of organizations and leading politicians called for a boycott of the games.[3]
Iranian judoka
Arash Miresmaeili was to fight the Israeli
Ehud Vaks but was disqualified for being over the weight limit. In order to avoid implicit recognition of Israel, Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israeli athletes. An
Iranian National Olympic Committee spokesman said it was Iran's "general policy" not to face Israeli athletes. He earned public praise from the
Iranian government.[14] In an editorial,
The Jerusalem Post said that Miresmaeili disqualified himself and listed it as an antisemitic incident.[15]
London - 2012
At a ceremony for memory of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches that were killed at the
1972 Summer Olympics, top Olympics' official
Jacques Rogge came under criticism over the refusal to honor the dead with a minute's silence at the opening ceremony of
London 2012.[16] Instead, a week before the official opening of the Games, Rogge held a minute of silence during a minor ceremony in the
Olympic village.[17]
Rio de Janeiro - 2016
Lebanese Olympians refused to ride on a bus with Israeli athletes to get to the opening ceremony of the
2016 Summer Olympics.[18] When the Israeli delegation of athletes and coaches tried to board the bus to
Maracana stadium, the head of the Lebanese delegation blocked the entrance.[19]
PyeongChang - 2018
The
IBSF was accused of antisemitism by an Israeli athlete who claimed that an official who disqualified a piece of equipment stated the reason as being "you people make all the rules, but not today."[20]
^Ciment, James (20 March 2015).
Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II. Routledge. p. 57.
ISBN978-1-317-47186-8. Early acts at Palestinian terrorism were geared toward drawing international attention to the plight of Arabs living under Israeli occupation and to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners. Unlike much later terrorism in the Arab Muslim world, these acts, which ranged from plane hijackings to targeted attacks on Israeli civilians, were motivated largely by a secular brand of nationalism. In fact, Luttif "Issa" Afif, the leader of the PLO-affiliated Black September group that captured and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, was born to a Jewish mother and a Christian father.
The modern
Olympic Games or Olympics, are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held every four years, with the Summer and
Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.[1] In the Olympic Games during the years, despite its approach of "peace through sport", there have been claims of
antisemitism, most notably in the
Munich Events of 1972, which ended in the death of eleven Israeli athletes. The first official commemoration by the
International Olympic Committee in acknowledgment of the event happened in 2016.[2]
The
1936 Summer Olympics, held in
Berlin,
Germany soon after
Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, were subjected to boycotts and racial discrimination.[3] Jews were banned from the German team. Critics claimed that Hitler used the Olympic stage to propagate his own political ideologies. Hitler was also heavily criticized for his racist attitude towards the Jewish participants in the games. Recognizing the exploitation of the Olympic Games for political purposes by Hitler, a number of organizations and leading politicians called for a boycott of the games.[3]
Iranian judoka
Arash Miresmaeili was to fight the Israeli
Ehud Vaks but was disqualified for being over the weight limit. In order to avoid implicit recognition of Israel, Iran forbids its athletes from competing against Israeli athletes. An
Iranian National Olympic Committee spokesman said it was Iran's "general policy" not to face Israeli athletes. He earned public praise from the
Iranian government.[14] In an editorial,
The Jerusalem Post said that Miresmaeili disqualified himself and listed it as an antisemitic incident.[15]
London - 2012
At a ceremony for memory of the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches that were killed at the
1972 Summer Olympics, top Olympics' official
Jacques Rogge came under criticism over the refusal to honor the dead with a minute's silence at the opening ceremony of
London 2012.[16] Instead, a week before the official opening of the Games, Rogge held a minute of silence during a minor ceremony in the
Olympic village.[17]
Rio de Janeiro - 2016
Lebanese Olympians refused to ride on a bus with Israeli athletes to get to the opening ceremony of the
2016 Summer Olympics.[18] When the Israeli delegation of athletes and coaches tried to board the bus to
Maracana stadium, the head of the Lebanese delegation blocked the entrance.[19]
PyeongChang - 2018
The
IBSF was accused of antisemitism by an Israeli athlete who claimed that an official who disqualified a piece of equipment stated the reason as being "you people make all the rules, but not today."[20]
^Ciment, James (20 March 2015).
Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II. Routledge. p. 57.
ISBN978-1-317-47186-8. Early acts at Palestinian terrorism were geared toward drawing international attention to the plight of Arabs living under Israeli occupation and to secure the release of Palestinian prisoners. Unlike much later terrorism in the Arab Muslim world, these acts, which ranged from plane hijackings to targeted attacks on Israeli civilians, were motivated largely by a secular brand of nationalism. In fact, Luttif "Issa" Afif, the leader of the PLO-affiliated Black September group that captured and killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics, was born to a Jewish mother and a Christian father.