Editor’s Note: The following open letter was issued by the Movement for Liberation from Nakba (MLN) on June 19, 2024. The MLN is a coalition of organizations and individuals from Australia, India, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom, and which aims to disseminate knowledge about Palestine in the areas and spaces termed as the Global South.
19 June 2024
Thomas Bach
President And Executive Board Members
International Olympic Committee
Kia ora koutou,
The enormous power of sporting boycotts must be used against Israel’s genocidal war
MLN is a coalition of organizations and individuals from Australia, India, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Palestine, South Africa, South Korea and the United Kingdom which aims to spread knowledge about Palestine in the areas and regions termed as the Global South.
We are writing to you because sport, and sporting boycotts, have an enormous power for the good of humanity – and we believe this power should be used to support the struggle of the people of Palestine.
Sport touches everyone.