Montreal is being used as a prop to clean up Israel’s image on the international stage
A billionaire with ties to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is using Montreal to bolster Israel’s image on the international stage.
Canadian businessman Sylvan Adams owns one of the teams competing in Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, a race featuring professional riders on a track that snakes around Mount Royal 17 times.
His team, Israel-Premier Tech, showcases Quebec athletes who may not have had opportunities in international competition without Adams’ deep pockets and love for the sport of cycling. But these riders will also be sporting Israel’s colours at a time when two thirds of Canadians believe the country is committing genocide in Gaza.
Though Adams lives in Israel, the team is actually based in Quebec. As Adams stated in past interviews, he uses the country’s name on his riders’ jerseys as a “sports diplomacy” effort. In one of Israel-Premier Tech’s Facebook videos, for instance, Prime Minister Netanyahu rides a bike alongside team members and warmly embraces Adams.
The inclusion of an international fugitive in the team’s social media is not benign. It’s part of an effort to humanize a politician whose government refers to Palestinians as “human animals” and whose most senior members have called for Gaza to be “wiped off the face of the earth.”
After praising the “miracles” being carried out by Israel’s army in the strip, Adams recently told the Jewish News Syndicate that Gaza is little more than a public relations problem for Israel.
Which is where Montreal comes in. (more...)
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