The security operation for Paris 2024 has been one of the largest ever for an Olympics held during a moment of significant global tension.

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The 2024 Summer Olympics are underway in Paris, with competition lasting until mid-August.

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Paris has increased security measures for the upcoming 2024 Olympics due to rising global tensions, particularly influenced by escalating conflicts in the Middle East. French officials have assured that there will be substantial and robust security arrangements in place, although specific details were not disclosed. Amidst these tensions, an investigation has been launched by French police in response to online death threats received by some Israeli athletes. The French interior minister confirmed that the Israeli team would be under continuous protection by French police and specialized agents.

The participation of Israeli athletes has attracted criticism from some quarters. The head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, Jibril Rajoub, has called for the Israeli team to be banned, citing high civilian casualties in the ongoing conflict. Eight Palestinian athletes, including boxer Waseem Abu Sal, are competing, and Abu Sal wore a T-shirt depicting bombed children during the opening ceremony. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has allowed this anti-war message despite its rules against political statements.

The IOC has also ruled that Russian and Belarusian athletes must compete under a neutral flag due to Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory, which broke Olympic regulations. The Palestinian Olympic Committee is questioning why similar measures have not been applied to Israel, pointing to the deaths of at least 400 Palestinian athletes in the Gaza conflict.

The volatile situation in the Middle East poses a significant challenge for Olympic organisers in their effort to keep political issues separate from the games.



Olympic security increased as global tensions rise

Olympics organisers hope that escalating tensions in the Middle East after Hamas's political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran won't impact the games in Paris where athletes from the region are competing. What are you going to be doing in terms of their security? Can we expect you to be stepping it up at all? Rest assured that there is very good security, very strong security. They're in touch with us all the time, assuring us all the time, but I can't actually go into the details of what that is. Earlier this week, French police opened an investigation into death threats received online by some Israeli athletes. France's interior minister says the team is being guarded around the clock. I decided that vulnerable delegations, in particular the Israeli delegation, would be protected 24 hours a day by the French police as well as by specialised agents. The participation of Israeli athletes in the game has angered some. The head of the Palestinian Olympic Committee, Jibril Rajoub, is calling for the team to be banned. I think Israelis should not be in Paris. 85% of the more than 45,000 people killed are kids, women and innocent people. What's more, to convince Europe to raise red card to the Israelis. Eight Palestinian athletes are in the competition. Among them, boxer Waseem Abu Sal, who wore a shirt depicting children being bombed for the opening ceremony. The IOC has strict rules on political statements, but the anti-war message was allowed. The T-shirt represented the image that exists in Palestine today, children killed and dying under rubble. Children whose families are martyred and left alone without food or water. The IOC ruled that Russian and Belarusian athletes should compete under a neutral flag because Moscow took Ukrainian athletes when it annexed Ukrainian territory, breaking Olympic rules. The Palestinian Olympic Committee wants to know why the same rules don't apply to Israel, when it says at least 400 Palestinian athletes have been killed in the war on Gaza. With the situation in the Middle East ever more volatile, it will be increasingly difficult for Olympic organisers to keep politics out of the games.

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