My brothers and sisters are being killed in Palestine, Sami
Athens: Egyptian swimmer Abdel Rahman Sami received death threats for supporting Palestine during the Israeli war.
According to international media, Egyptian swimmer Abdel Rahman said that he was receiving “death threats” for expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people, which prevented him from celebrating his gold medal in the Swimming World Cup.
Abdul Rahman Sami won the gold medal in the 50m butterfly race at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Greece.
Speaking to Anker after winning the gold medal, he said, “This week has been very tough for me mentally, I have been getting death threats, people have been attacking me all week for supporting Palestine. stay
“At night, when my family goes to sleep, they fear that someone might break into my apartment and room, whenever I don’t pick up the call, they get worried whether I am busy or not,” he said. Someone is trying to kill me.
“My brothers and sisters are being killed in Palestine, and I am being threatened with death just because I am standing up for them, how can I celebrate my victory,” Sami said. , but I will not back down and will continue to support Palestine.
In addition, the International Swimming Federation World Aquatics also removed Sami’s photo as a punishment for supporting Palestine.
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