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Hard-left politician Thomas Portes accused of ‘putting a target on the backs of Israeli athletes’ when he asked a crowd to ‘mobilise’ against Israelis
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/fu...raelis-not-welcome-at-paris-olympics-slrruqfe
A hard-left French politician has sparked outrage after saying that Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics.
Thomas Portes, an MP for the radical-left France Unbowed party (LFI), encouraged protest against the Israeli presence at the Games.
Portes told an anti-Israel rally in Paris on Saturday: “We are just a few days away from an international event to be held in Paris, the Olympic Games. And I’m here to say that no, the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris.
https://www.thejc.com/news/world/fu...raelis-not-welcome-at-paris-olympics-slrruqfe
A hard-left French politician has sparked outrage after saying that Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics.
Thomas Portes, an MP for the radical-left France Unbowed party (LFI), encouraged protest against the Israeli presence at the Games.
Portes told an anti-Israel rally in Paris on Saturday: “We are just a few days away from an international event to be held in Paris, the Olympic Games. And I’m here to say that no, the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris.
