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Yotam Budnik is a 12th-grade student from Rehovot 馃嚠馃嚤 just won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Uzbekistan but was not allowed to compete under the Israeli flag.
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Yotam Budnik is a 12th-grade student from Rehovot 馃嚠馃嚤 just won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Uzbekistan but was not allowed to compete under the Israeli flag.
When Yotam was awarded his medal 馃弲 stepped onto"
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PLEASE HELP MAKE THIS YOUNG MAN FAMOUS
Yotam Budnik is a 12th-grade student from Rehovot 馃嚠馃嚤 just won a gold medal at the International Olympiad in Informatics in Uzbekistan but was not allowed to compete under the Israeli flag.
When Yotam was awarded his medal 馃弲 stepped onto the podium, pulled an Israeli flag out of his pocket and wore it in defiance of the Anti-Semitic discrimination.
While the medal 馃弲 was revoked from him for his courage, he has no regrets
"The law that prevents me from waving the flag is based only on politics, and I thought there was no place for that in a scientific competition", he said.
The organizers demanded that he return his medal.
Yotam said no.
Organizers took away his certificate and removed his ranking from the website.
Please help make sure the world knows the name Yotam Budnik and that he is not only a world class computer science genius, but also a man of courage and pride of the Jewish people 馃挋
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@LisaKeshet
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Yotam is a true hero of Israel. Think about it. At 17 years old, he won the gold metal at the Computer Science World Championship. He then wrapped himself in the Israeli flag, his flag, like all champions do, when he knew that his hard earned metal would be illegitimately revoked Show more
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@KeithRowley66
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God Bless Yotam Budnik - a Jew, an Israeli and a courageous hero for all humanity! Shalom!
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@youwilleatbugs
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You, you are a Mensch
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