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Colin Sheridan: Allowing Israel to compete at Olympics goes against everything Games should stand for

I don't want to see Israeli-funded athletes march with their flag in Paris this summer.

Colin Sheridan: Allowing Israel to compete at Olympics goes against everything Games should stand for — People participate in the 13th annual International Jerusalem Marathon last week. Picture: Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Mon, 11 Mar, 2024 - 07:28

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Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

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