Author: Adriana Ribas
Wreckages in Gaza due to Israel-Palestine conflict. Source: Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP
Summary
Russia is again forbidden from participating in the Olympic Games, which is not new since the country has been supposedly misaligned with the IOC (International Olympic Committee) principles since the Winter Games in Sochi, in 2014. Israel, on the contrary, has been in the international headlines for approximately eight months due to the Civil War once again triggered between Israel and Palestine and flew a delegation of 88 athletes to Paris. What do those countries have in common? Both nations had been involved in contentious actions that many argue violate International Law and vilify the principle of sovereignty, a main and significant one in the Charter of the United Nations. However, the responses to these situations have been blatantly different. In this article, I intend to present a few reasons why.
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