Israel Olympics team says athletes are getting threats in Paris to generate 'psychological terror'

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Israeli National Olympic Committee president Yael Arad said the nation's Olympics athletes had received "centralized" threats meant to generate "psychological terror" at the Paris Olympics.

"It’s not easy to be an Israeli athlete in the international arena these days," Arad said. He added that the Olympics is "a bridge between people, between countries, between religions. And we are here to compete."

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Israeli gold medalist Tom Reuveny, who won gold in windsurfing at the age of 24 on Sunday, spoke out about some of the threats that he and his teammates have received. Reuveny has Israel's only gold medal so far, as the nation has won six medals in total. 

"I don’t think any politics should be involved in sport, especially in the Olympic Games," Reuveny said. "Unfortunately, there is a lot of politics involved — not in the Games — of the people who don’t want us to compete and don’t want us to be here. I’ve gotten quite a few messages and threats."

Tom Reuveny of Team Israel celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's Windsurf final at the medal ceremony. (Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Israeli athletes have a history of being targeted at the Olympics dating back to the 1972 Munich Olympics. That year, eight terrorists associated with the group Black September — an affiliate of the Palestine Liberation Organization — snuck into the Olympic Village in a failed mission to take the athletes hostage. The mission resulted in the deaths of six Israeli coaches, five athletes, one West German policeman and five of the terrorists. 

This year, the Israeli Olympic team is competing under the shadow