Andy Whitmore, an activist in Kansas City, had the following response to the Olympics:
"Last night's Olympic ceremonies included four or five Palestinians. Matt Lauer commented that the Palestinians don't have an Olympic sized pool. I'm going to find a way to send him the picture of a demolished children's pool in a Palestinian village–paid for by USAID and YMCA funds. [My husband] Doug went to a demonstration while stationed in Palestine to save the playground part. I have pictures of the children, internationals, and Israeli peace people with the kids. But the pool was long gone, rubble."
Anybody know where that pool was?
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In the backyard of a planned new colonist's home?
How about the pool was in the areas now totally controlled by Israel? (With American goy dollars)
I found an article that mentions Half Olympic Size swimming pool in the village of JIFNA, east of Ramallah and north of Jerusalem.
http://www.passia.org/meetings/2006/Isabel-Kershner.htm
and an article about Sports activity in Palestine including swimming activity ( page 18 of PDF ).
http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/i122/pdfs/June%20-%20122%20-%202008.pdf
I was wondering if Matt would mention that the Palestinian athletes' presence was only possible because Israel made a "humanitarian guesture" following months of Israeli refusal to let the Gazans exit?
The real hardship isn't the lack of an Olympic-sized pool, it's the siege they live under.
Nothing could spoil the moment though, and the looks of joy on those athletes' faces were priceless.
Phil, you have constructed the claim that the destroyed pool was "olympic sized" by misquoting a perfectly straghforward statement. This seems to illustrate another aspect of your lack of professional journalistic skills. The pool is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdRXm8Mlp98
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