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Eight-year-old Lebanese chess talent refuses to face ‘Israeli’ players: report (en.royanews.tv)

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Lebanese 8-year-old chess player Loren Abdel Samad withdrew from two scheduled matches against ‘Israeli’ opponents during the World Youth Chess Championship for the under-eight age category, held in Batumi, Georgia, from June 14-27, 2026 – according to a report on Lebanese media

The withdrawals resulted in automatic losses and cost her points that could have influenced her final standing in the tournament, the reports said. Family cites personal stance

According to her family speaking to Lebanese media, Abdel Samad chose not to face the ‘Israeli’ players despite knowing the decision would affect her tournament score.

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[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The "kids" ate Israeli propaganda since born, they see the Lebanese as inferior animals, culprit of that or not. Education in Israel produces monsters, their textbooks are fucked up.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thant may be the case. But seeing children as evil is exactly how genocide happeneded in Palestine.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Certainly Palestine and Lebanon can show the other face. Is that what are you suggesting? Can you give me something to work with instead of indifferent neutrality? Liberals..

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. I think the child did the right thing to stand up for their principles and not compete. My issue is with calling the other child evil. They are still a child. They did not commit genocide. Israel did.

[–] SocialistVibes01@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Every settler Israeli is a soldier. The other kid is a soldier in development, waiting for the right age for Military. Wouldn't you react to a child soldier pointing a gun at you? It you think this is too much, it's Isreal that's actually too much. And your indifference is what enables genocides, not the reaction in defense. Liberalism/Social Democracy is the precursor of fascism.