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Adam PLOWRIGHT, Guy JACKSON

REVEALED: Ioc macron reject israel boycott call at paris olympics | Vintage Vibes

The Paris Olympics open on Friday (Credit: AFP)

The head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Tuesday 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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