The IOC needs to prepare itself for inevitable impact of Israel-Palestine conflict on Paris Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has declared itself as politically neutral. But the Olympics are about people and people are not politically neutral, not now and not in the future.
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The International Olympic Committee has declared itself as politically neutral. But the Olympics are about people and people are not politically neutral, not now and not in the future.