rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/suspend-peter-paltchik-from-judo?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-suspend-peter-paltchik-from-judo' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Sport Against Genocide https://actionnetwork.org/groups/sport-against-genocide https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/letters/photos/000/342/992/normal/uTYg1GFR4CZ5lEhL.jpg Dear Executive Committee members of the International Judo Federation, African Judo Union, Judo Union of Asia, European Judo Union and the Panamerican Judo Confederation, This is to bring to your urgent attention the issue of violent hate speech by one of the Israeli judokas that was selected to be Israeli flag bearer at Paris 2024. His name is Peter Paltchik and has been posting vile content on social media, such as: A photo with signed bombs that are destined for Gaza with his comment: “From me to you with pleasure.” Thanking the IDF forces on the front line for doing the “holy work”. May we remind you that the ‘holy work’ he is mentioning is a plausible genocide in which tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children have been killed and maimed by the apartheid regime, according to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Likewise, the bombs he is happy about are killing children in Palestine, destroying homes and wiping out entire families. He has breached both the IJC Disciplinary Code and the Olympic Charter that IJF is bound by. We ask that you immediately take measures to suspend Peter Paltchik as the evidence of his violent hate speech and aggressive behaviour in Japan against peaceful pro-Palestinian protestors is clear and should not have place in sport, let alone at the Olympics. This brings the whole sport of judo into disrepute and makes projects like Judo for Peace look futile. Please do not ignore your own rules and regulations to facilitate the genocide apartheid regime participation at the Olympic. Take action now. Yours sincerely, https://actionnetwork.org/letters/dfe9e3391aeff04d66f63af5aea9b9cb83c24aba