Israeli soldiers participate in Sydney Marathon despite protests
Protesters waved Palestinian flags and criticised the Australian government for issuing visas to 40 Israeli soldiers. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered along the course of the Sydney Marathon to protest the participation of Israeli soldiers in the prestigious race, with pro-Palestine activists urging Australia’s government to explain the soldiers’ presence in the country.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Protesters waved Palestinian flags and criticised the Australian government for issuing visas to 40 Israeli soldiers.
- Fact 2: The inclusion of 40 soldiers, some of whom were linked to Israeli genocide in Gaza, was the subject of online protests by rights organisations and activists in the week leading up to the marathon.
- Fact 3: The Israeli marathon delegation included members of the Israeli army’s Golani Brigade and signal intelligence Unit 8200.
- Fact 4: A member of this marathon delegation, Roy Oryon, served as deputy company commander in the brigade’s 13th Battalion, which fought in Gaza and has also served as the tip of the spear in Israel’s advance into southern Lebanon.
Protesters waved Palestinian flags and criticised the Australian government for issuing visas to 40 Israeli soldiers. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered along the course of the Sydney Marathon to protest the participation of Israeli soldiers in the prestigious race, with pro-Palestine activists urging Australia’s government to explain the soldiers’ presence in the country.
The inclusion of 40 soldiers, some of whom were linked to Israeli genocide in Gaza, was the subject of online protests by rights organisations and activists in the week leading up to the marathon. Pro-Palestine football fans lament West Ham for signing Manor Solomon Palestinian teenage footballer dies a week after Israeli settler attack How an Egypt-Argentina World Cup game became a referendum on Palestine Who is Zeynep Sonmez, Wimbledon star with a ‘Palestine’ watermelon racket? On Sunday, protesters lined up along the course, waved Palestinian flags, and held posters calling for war criminals to be excluded from the event and for Australia to “cut ties with apartheid Israel”.
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