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Iran debuted an ad this week depicting an Israeli Olympic athlete with literal blood on his hands. Friendly athletes from other nations take turns shaking the Israeli’s hand and, in doing so, get blood on their own hands, before joining forces against him in an ominous locker-room confrontation in which they take turns wiping blood on the lone Israeli.
Iran drops a powerful ad depicting an Israeli Olympian with blood on his hands. pic.twitter.com/ijUAnJtM2t
— ADAM (@AdameMedia) August 9, 2024
In case the message was too subtle, the Israeli athlete has an enormous tattoo of a menorah on his neck. Back in Paris, Israeli athletes do indeed worry about confrontations, and are followed around by armed security. Various international venues have previously removed Israelis from competition over security concerns, and in the 1972 Olympics, 11 Israelis were killed by terrorists. Read the room.
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