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  • Arab Athletes Furious After “Palestine” Truncated

    12/10/2011 4:55:29 PM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 16 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 11/12/11 | Elad Benari
    Some of the participants in the 2011 Pan Arab Games, taking place in Qatar, were upset this weekend after discovering that a map showing “Palestine” presented its boundaries as only included Judea, Samaria and Gaza. The map was presented, along with the maps of other participating countries, at the opening ceremony of the games in Doha. The representation of “Palestine” made some of the participants furious, as they claimed that the map only showed 22% of the area of “Palestine”. The participants said that presenting “Palestine” in this way constitutes recognition of Israel and an acceptance of what they termed...