I want the world to see how beautiful this city is,
We took this decision because the Israeli athletes, and we’ve known this since the Munich games, of course, but more recently again, are particularly targeted by attacks,
There are more cops than people, I don't feel in danger,
I kept thinking, what’s going on here?”
France doesn’t recognize Palestine as a country, so I am here to raise the flag,
When it comes to killing for sport, there's no competition."
Let us celebrate this Olympic spirit of living life in peace, as the one and only humankind, united in all our diversity."
We currently have assessments regarding the potential threat posed by Iranian terrorist proxies and other terrorist organisations who aim to carry out attacks against members of the Israeli delegation and Israeli tourists during the Olympics,
Terrorist acts have no place in the principles of resistance groups; lies and deceit cannot switch the roles of the plaintiff and the accused."
This confirms that there are international institutions that insist on applying double standards and not adhering to the Olympic Charter, laws and regulations, or morals,
Approximately 400 Palestinian athletes have been killed, and the destruction of sports facilities exacerbates the plight of athletes who are already under severe restrictions,
Palestinian athletes, particularly those in Gaza, are denied safe passage and have suffered significantly due to ongoing conflict,
There are those who seek to undermine the celebratory nature of this joyous event,
The first lesson we can draw from this is that in terms of safety and security we have had no incident on any site, on any of the football matches, despite the fact that some of the meetings have been deemed to be slightly more sensitive, particularly the match between Israel and Mali.”
The event of yesterday was a security instance but not a major incident. Five hundred people were on site to secure the game … but following the last goal, when the referee blew the whistle, people thought it was the end of the match. They flooded the pitch because they were happy because they thought it was the end of the match. As far as we are concerned the security link was very low. There was no major security incident at all throughout this event.”
We have a list of threats on which we are particularly focused, including the cyberthreat,
We are still working on this case ... (we) avoid giving details ... but we think there is a link,
They do not deserve to be present at the Paris Olympics because of the war against the innocent people of Gaza,
We came here to win and achieve things with this team and are very excited,
We are here for the football and we shouldn't mix politics with football,