LONDON (AP) — The European Olympic Committees are moving their general assembly out of the Israeli resort of Eilat because of the violence between Israel and Hamas. EOC President Pat Hickey tells The Associated Press that the Dec. 7-8 meeting will be relocated to Rome. The decision was made Monday by the EOC's executive committee. Hickey says "many NOCs (national Olympic committees) voiced concerns about safety and security" because of the conflict between Israel and the Hamas group in Gaza. He says "an overwhelmingly amount were not prepared to travel" to Israel for the annual meeting. The assembly will be held on the same dates in the Italian capital, which serves as the headquarters of the EOC. The European body represents 49 Olympic committees. The meeting is expected to attract about 500 delegates.
European Olympic body moves meeting out of Israel
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A plume of smoke is seen over central Gaza Strip, after an airstrike by Israeli forces, as seen from the Israel Gaza border, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Israeli women take cover in a stairwell as a siren signals the warning of incoming rockets in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip and killed a senior militant with a missile strike on a media center Monday, driving up the Palestinian death toll to 96, as Israel broadened its targets in the 6-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
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Palestinians remove debris from a building that was damaged after an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, Monday, Nov. 19, 2012. It's the Israel's military second strike on the building in two days. Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad says an Israeli strike on a Gaza media center has killed one of its top militant leaders. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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