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| - A photo supposedly documenting the alleged protest is real — that is, it's not the product of digital manipulation. However, it was taken in November 2023 in a pool in Israel — not at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
In July 2024, as the Summer Olympics commenced in Paris, a photograph of the Israeli artistic swimming team went viral, showing them forming the phrase "Bring Them Home Now" from an aerial view of a pool. The phrase referred to Israeli hostages
Numerous posts showing the photograph claimed that because
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While the Israeli artistic swim team did create such a slogan and the in-question photo was real, the claim that the protest occurred at the Paris 2024 Olympics was false. The photo was taken in November 2023 in a pool in Israel and was unrelated to the Olympic Games.
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Using Google's reverse-image search, we traced the photograph to November 2023, when it was first posted by the official Instagram account for the Israel Artistic Swimming Team. According to that post's caption, which we translated via Google Translate, the photograph was taken at the Wingate Institute
The Instagram post stated (translated): "Israel's artistic swimming team took a photo at the weekend at the national pool at the Wingate Institute for a special photo
The athletes named in the image were Eden Belcher, Shelly Bobritsky, Ariel Nashi, Nicole Nakhshonov, Kati Kunin, Maya Dorf, Neta Robichak, Shani Shraizin, Noi Gazela and Aya Mazor. Among those swimmers, only Bobritsky and
Shortly after it was uploaded by the artistic swimming team, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs also shared the photograph with the caption: "A beautiful tribute by Israel's national artistic swimming team in tribute to the 240 hostages being held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza. We will not stop until each and every one of them are brought home."
The Olympics have been politically charged amid Israel's ongoing military assault on Gaza. As of this writing, more than
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Per Olympic rules, athletes are banned from expressing political views during competitions and official ceremonies. The charter states: "No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas." However, athletes can make such expressions in "mixed zones," like while they're speaking to journalists, waiting for a competition to begin, posting on social media, and more.
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