Over 300 Palestinian sports clubs and a number of civil society organisations have initiated a campaign urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to exclude Israel from the upcoming Paris Olympic Games in 2024. The campaign, led by Palestinian teams in football, basketball, and volleyball, was triggered by Israel’s killing of more than 24,000 Palestinians in Gaza, which United Nations experts have characterised as a genocide. The destruction of the Palestinian Olympic Committee’s office in Gaza and the killing of Palestinian Olympic football team coach, Captain Hani Al-Masdar, were amon…