Israel’s great “humanitarian gesture”
Written by Haitham Sabbah on 09. April 2008, 1608hrs // Part of Haitham Sabbah's adventure in Palestine, Sport // Other posts by Haitham Sabbah
Allowing two Gazans to train for Olympics in Jericho
“In a rare move defined by Israeli authorities as a ‘humanitarian gesture’, officials decided to permit two members of the Palestinian Olympic team to cross the borders from Gaza and the West Bank in order to train in Jericho and Jerusalem, so that they can prepare themselves for the 2008 events in Beijing.”
And even this tiny bit of freedom - traveling maybe 20 miles - was only allowed after some bad press…
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