Israel Olympic team at London 2012 Opening Ceremonies. Photo: AtlasShrugs.

Washington Post/AP – For a day, at least, more pressing national concerns — the Iranian nuclear threat, the civil war in Syria — were pushed off the front pages of Israel.

Instead, the papers focused on disappointment over what was supposed to be a happy distraction: Israel will not bring home a medal from the London Olympics, its first failure at the Summer Games since 1988.

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