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New International Olympic Chief Heads Israel Boycott Group
(JTA) Thomas Bach, who was elected Tuesday as the new president of the International Olympic Committee, is chairman of Ghorfa, the Arab-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, set up in the 1970s by Arab countries to boycott trade with Israel. "It betrays the principles of sportsmanship and fair play for the IOC to be headed by someone who actively participates in ongoing Israel boycott campaign measures," said Deidre Berger, director of the American Jewish Committee Berlin Ramer Institute.