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Palestine at the 2024 Summer Olympics
| Palestine at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
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| IOC code | PLE |
| NOC | Palestine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 8 in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer (opening) | Wasim Abusal & Valerie Tarazi |
| Flag bearer (closing) | Omar Yaser Ismail & Valerie Tarazi |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Palestine competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its official debut in 1996.
In the lead-up to the event, concerns were raised about the ability of Palestinian athletes to participate due to the destruction of sporting facilities and the exposure to potential harm amid the Israel–Hamas war.[1] The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel reported that, according to the Palestine Football Association, 69 Palestinian athletes of Olympic sports were killed in Israeli attacks or as a result of the intensification of the Israeli blockade between October 2023 and July 2024,[2][3][independent source needed][4][5] including Nagham Abu Samra, a karateka who was expected to compete in the event,[6] and several members of the national volleyball team,[7][8] as well as Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestine's first Olympic flagbearer,[9] Hani Al-Masdar, assistant coach of the Palestinian Olympic football team,[10] and Bilal Abu Samaan, coach of the country's athletics team.[7][8] Gazan weightlifter Mohammed Hamada, who had competed in the 2020 Olympics, lost 20 kg (44 lb) in the famine and injured his knee while transporting water, thus failing to qualify for the 2024 event.[11][12]
Several members of the Palestinian delegation additionally stressed on the importance they felt Palestinian representation would have in the context of the war, as well as their intention to bring a "message of peace".[13][14][15][16][17] This included the shirt worn by flagbearer Wasim Abusal during the opening flag parade, which depicted two children playing under warplanes dropping bombs, accompanied by the Olympic rings, olive branches and the Arabic word for 'freedom' (حرية, ḥurriyya).[18]
- ^ Achache, Farid (5 January 2024). "Palestine's presence at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is in question". Euro ES Euro. Archived from the original on 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Israel at the Olympics. The Genocide Games". Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel [@pacbi] (24 July 2024). "Israel has killed 39k Palestinians in Gaza, including 69 Olympians, Palestine's first Olympian Majed Abu Maraheel & Olympic football coach Hani Al-Mossader" (Tweet). Retrieved 28 July 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Kent, David (3 August 2024). "Palestine solidarity march in Cork sees 800 people remember Olympians that have been killed". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ Mohamed, Rachel (30 July 2024). "Olympic Games 2024 Hosts Contentious Opening Ceremony". Voice of the Cape. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ Abed, Abubaker (27 February 2024). "Nagham Abu Samra: Palestine karate champion, victim of Israel's war on Gaza". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ a b Simpara, Mahamadou (20 July 2024). "Palestinian Athletes Defy War to Compete in Paris 2024 Olympics". Morocco World News. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ a b Bouchez, Yann; Cebron, Valentin (22 June 2024). "Palestinian athletes' Olympic dreams". Le Monde. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
- ^ Abu Zaher, Khaled (12 June 2024). "استشهاد أول من رفع علم فلسطين في دورات الألعاب الأولمبية" [Martyrdom of the first person to raise the Palestinian flag in the Olympic Games]. Felesteen (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Whitehead, Jacob (14 January 2024). "Hani Al-Masdar – The life and death of a football coach in Gaza". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
By this point, Hani Al-Masdar — one of the greatest Palestinian footballers, and an assistant coach of the Olympic team — is already dead. He was 42.
- ^ Uras, Umut; Stepansky, Joseph (23 July 2024). "Israel war on Gaza updates: Israel forces Palestinians into 20% of Gaza: UN". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Ibrahim, Niza (23 July 2024). "Heavy toll on Palestinian athletes in Gaza: Six are set to feature at the games in Paris". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 27 July 2024 – via YouTube.
- ^ Dodman, Benjamin (4 April 2024). "Palestinian athletes will 'represent a country, a history, a cause' at the Paris Olympics". France 24. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Jouvet, Frédéric (24 July 2024). "JO 2024. De la Palestine à la Sarthe, le boxeur Wasim Abusal est « prêt » pour les Jeux olympiques". Actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Saifi, Zeena (26 July 2024). "Gaza war weighs heavy on the minds of Palestinian Olympians: 'I want to be an inspiration'". CNN. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Parigi:Nuotatore Palestina,parenti e amici uccisi ma io sono qui" (in Italian). ANSA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Diab, Door Omar; Voortman, Matthijs (30 July 2024). "'Ik wil de mensen in Gaza blij maken', Fares is op de Spelen voor Palestina". RTL Nieuws (in Dutch). RTL Nederland. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "'طائرة تقصف طفلين'.. قصة قميص فلسطين في افتتاح الأولمبياد". Sky News Arabia (in Arabic). Sky. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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