Posts Tagged: Israel Olympics
Israeli Athletes Are Getting Ready for the Summer 2024 Olympics in Paris
With less than one year to go until the 2024 Paris summer Olympics, qualification across a number of sports have already begun. So far, 41 Israelis...
After the Abraham Accords, Olympics Continue to Build Israeli-Arab Peace
This week, as I was flipping through the various Olympic channels, my eye caught the blue and white stripes of the Israeli flag alongside the...
Israel’s Dejected US-Born Baseball Stars Hope to Inspire Native Heroes to Fill Their Cleats
Israel's Olympic baseball team won just once in five tries and were walloped twice, but also came tantalizingly close to playing for a medal in...
Olympics: After 49 Years, Israelis Killed at 1972 Munich Games Remembered in Opening Ceremony
Israeli Olympic team members killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics were remembered during the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony on Friday with a...
Going the Distance: Israeli Couple in the Running for Olympic Gold
JNS.org - Qualifying for the Olympic Games is every athlete’s dream. For Marhu and Selam Teferi, realizing this dream is twice as special, as both...
Team Israel Baseball Submits Expanded Roster for Tokyo Summer Olympics
JNS.org - The general manager of the Team Israel baseball has submitted an expanded roster of 44 players to the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), baseball’s...
Gymnast Lihie Raz Wins First Israeli Medal in European Gymnastics Championship, Securing Olympics Spot
Artistic gymnast Lihie Raz on Sunday became the first Israeli to take home a medal at the Women’s European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held this year...
Israel Wins Game 1 of the Olympics Qualifier Against Spain
JNS.org - Joey Wagman pitched a complete game shut-out to help take down Spain in Team Israel’s first game of the World Baseball and Softball...
Is This What Peace Looks Like?
JNS.org - It's not the end of the world just because an Egyptian athlete refused to shake hands with his Israeli counterpart at the Olympics in...
Arabic Media Invents Story of Olympic Revenge Against Israel
The Muslim world is still upset about the Egyptian judoka loss to an Israeli on Friday, after which Islam El Shahaby refused to shake hands with Or Sasson. So...
USA Today Ranks Israeli Team Among Best Dressed Athletes at Olympics
Israel's team of athletes wore some of the best outfits during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games on Friday...
Olympic Committee Chiefs Slam Lebanese Team Over Clash With Israelis
JNS.org - The International Olympic Committee on Sunday issued a stern warning to the head of the Lebanese delegation to the games over his refusal to...
Israel’s First Female Olympic Wrestler Seeks to Make Family, Nation Proud in Rio
JNS.org - At 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighing around 150 pounds, 26-year-old optimistic and powerful blonde Ilana Kratysh will become the first-ever Israeli woman...
Lebanese Athletes Refuse to Share Bus With Israeli Team to Opening Ceremony of Olympics in Rio
Lebanese athletes refused to share a bus with the Israel team to get to Friday's Rio Olympic Games opening ceremony, members of both teams said. Lebanon...