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Viewers heard 'Let's avoid crew number 21, which is the Israeli one,' and then 'no, because ...' before the sound was cut off. Israel's ambassador to Italy condemned the statements, saying, 'There should be no room in sport for incitement to hatred'
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Italy's state broadcaster RAI was forced to apologise to the Jewish community on Saturday after an off‑air remark advising its producers to "avoid" the Israeli crew was broadcast before coverage of the Four-Man bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics.
