Sunday August 10, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

The Olympics is about sports, about competition, about triumph and tears and about touching moments.

The Iranians have put a damper on the games by insisting that no Iranians see, compete or touch an Israeli.
On Saturday an Iranian swimmer disqualified himself because an Israeli was in the same heat.

But on Sunday Iran played Russia in basketball and Russia easily won 71-49.
The coach of the Russian National team is named David Blatt.
Whoops!
David Blatt is an American Jew who went to Princeton, he is also an Israeli citizen and he coached basketball in Israel for many years.

Blatt is one of the most popular identifiable Israelis in the world of sports.
Blatt shook hands with the Iranian coach and with all the payers after the game, it is there, in photos and videos, for all to see.
I cannot wait to see how the press in Iran covers that Olympic moment.

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