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BIZARRE: Olympics chief and macron reject palestinian demand to ban israel from games | Mind Blowing Facts

French president Emmanuel Macron at the IOC Session Opening Ceremony ahead of Paris 2024 Olympics at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 22 July 2024. REUTERS - Stephanie Lecocq

The head of the International Olympic Committee and French President Emmanuel Macron have rejected a Palestinian demand that Israel be barred from the Paris Games over the war in Gaza.

As the Israeli team settled into the Athletes' Village, the IOC studied a letter from the Palestine Olympic Committee asking for a ban on Israel, citing the bombings of the besieged Gaza Strip as a breach of the Olympic truce.

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