London 2012- - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper

SUBSCRIBE TO HAARETZ DIGITAL EDITIONS

Thursday, March 21, 2013 Nisan 10, 5773

Hello user Logout | profile

You have watched of 10 articles

ISRAEL NEWS

BREAKING NEWS

15:25
Khamenei: Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa if attacked (Reuters)
13:54
Obama: We must push through the 'breaches of faith' on both sides (Haaretz)
13:52
Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
13:51
Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
13:43
Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
13:39
Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
13:37
Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
13:36
Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
13:36
Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
12:31
Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
12:18
Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
11:49
Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)

More Breaking News

London 2012

Israel's real medal hopes for London 2012: the Paralympics delegation

Meet the 25 athletes representing Israel in the London Paralympics, which run from Aug. 29 through Sept. 9.
By Haaretz
Paralympics / London 2012 / Hawking, Pistorius open festivities at biggest competition in Games history

Wheelchair-bound physicist Stephen Hawking and South Africa's "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius were among the luminaries on hand for the opening.
By Reuters
Olympic roundup / An honorable performance for Team Israel at London 2012

Notwithstanding the failures, Israel can be proud of its showing in London; WATCH: Games close with a bang.
By Arie Livnat
In London 2012, Israel stumbled, but the Olympics soared

The defeat of some of Israel's top athletes, like windsurfer Lee Korzits, judoka Arik Ze'evi and gymnast Alex Shatilov is a symptom of the state of Israeli sports.
By Uzi Dann

Israelis in the Olympics

Misha Zilberman, right, playing doubles with his mother, Svetlana, who is a multiple champion.

Birdie in hand, Olympics in bush: Israel's self-made badminton champ

Badminton in Israel plays a back seat to tennis, volleyball and even table tennis, but the sport has a rich history.

By Arie Livnat | Jul 22, 2012 | 05:28 AM

Oren Smadja in 2010.

Olympics / 1992 / Scoring an ippon over the press

Oren Smadja was not expected to vie for a medal until Atlanta, but the young judoka thought otherwise.

By Arie Livnat | Jul 20, 2012 | 08:44 AM

Buskila, left, with Cohen.

Olympics / Sailing / The odd couple with ambition

Vered Buskila and Gil Cohen are totally different personalities, but agree their medal hopes are realistic.

By Tal Ben Ezra | Jul 19, 2012 | 04:35 AM

Shapira Ben-Or - AFP - 26072011

Olympics / Israel delegation / Governing body cuts swimmers from three events

Israeli swimmers who only meet 'B' qualification in a certain race will not be able to compete in that category in London, says FINA.

By Tal Ben Ezra | Jul 19, 2012 | 04:35 AM

Women's RS:X windsurfing world champion Lee Korzits looks

Four more Israelis set sail for London Olympics

Lee Korzits, Nufar Edelman, Vered Bouskila and Gil Cohen to join fellow sailors Gidi Kliger and Eran Sela, who have been in London since late last week.

By Tal Ben Ezra | Jul 17, 2012 | 05:45 AM

London Olympics

Israeli judoka Tommy Arshansky wouldn't take no for an answer

For Arshansky, who moved to Israel as an infant, reaching the Olympics is the fulfillment of a dream, for which he gives thanks every day.

By Tal Ben Ezra | Jul 16, 2012 | 08:24 AM

Ganiel reacting in a heat for the men’s 100m breaststroke at the European Championships in May.

Israeli swimmer lives father’s aborted dream with trip to London Olympics

Imri Ganiel gets opportunity denied to his father, Amir, by 1980 boycott.

By Tal Ben Ezra | Jul 16, 2012 | 05:21 AM

Previous

|
8
9
10
11
12
|

Next

Olympics News

Britain’s Jonnie Peacock, right, celebrating after winning the men’s 100m.

Paralympics / London 2012 Peacock wins men's 100m, Pistorius 4th

Peacock stormed out of the blocks and finished five hundredths of a second outside the world record in a time of 10.90.

By Reuters, AP | Sep 7, 2012 | 09:10 AM

Zaqout training in Gaza City in May.

Gaza Paralympians confident of success at London Paralympics

Wheelchair-bound Khamis Zaqout from Gaza, who lost the use of his legs while working on a building site in Israel two decades ago, is Palestine's best hope for a Paralympic medal in London.

By Reuters | Aug 16, 2012 | 05:07 AM

Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber, Russia's Vladimir Morozov and Israel's Toumarkin, July 29, 2012.

Russian sports chief accuses U.K. of unfair play

Mutko's comments came as the Russians faced the prospect of their worst finish on the medal table since they entered the 1952 Games as the Soviet Union.

By Reuters | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

Jamaica’s men’s 4x100-meter relay team posing next to a board displaying their world record time

London 2012 / Athletics / Bolt gets sixth gold as Jamaica runs riot; Russia takes 4 golds

Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago won a first men's throwing event for the Caribbean with javelin gold.

By DPA | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

The Olympic Stadium and the Arcelor Mittal Orbit tower

London 2012 / Soccer / Peralta double takes Mexico to first-time gold

Oribe Peralta put Mexico ahead after 28 seconds and added the team's second in the 75th minute with a header, before Hulk replied for Brazil in stoppage time.

By Reuters | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

Mo Farah

London 2012 / Men's 5,000m / Brilliant Farah seals golden double

Taking the lead with 700 meters to go, Farah staved off all challenges and, riding incessant howls of encouragement, swept away on the home straight.

By DPA | Aug 12, 2012 | 02:58 AM

defaultIphoneImg

| Aug 10, 2012 | 04:55 AM

Previous

|
1
2
3
4
5
|

Next

	TEAM
	United States	46	29	29
	China	38	27	22
	Great Britain	29	17	19

Full medal table

Haaretz Select

Yityish Aynaw, the first woman of Ethiopian origin to be crowned 'Miss Israel'.

Black trailblazers Obama and beauty queen Aynaw to talk about ... Pollard?

Have Israeli leaders co-opted the country's beauty queen to raise the issue of Jonathan Pollard with President Obama because she is Ethiopian? Do they think Obama will reconsider Pollard just because another black person asks him to?

By Sarah Hankins | Opinion | 5

Someone Else's Simcha / Amit and Nili's wedding - Don't stop believing

By Ron Ben-Tovim | Someone Else's Simcha

In a flurry of telegrams, Israeli diplomats respond to 'The Gatekeepers'

By Barak Ravid | Diplomacy & Defense | 17

David's Harp / Yair Lapid: New politics, or just born yesterday?

By David Rosenberg | David's Harp

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during an official welcoming ceremony at Ben Gurion

Obama's speech will target Israelis who could make or break the future

If there is any reason to believe that Obama charm or electrify his student audience into seeing advantages to renewed peace moves, it will be the fact that many of them have had it up to here with the ideologies that have kept this country polarized for the whole of its brief history.

By Bradley Burston | A Special Place in Hell | 9

Israel's yummy girl just wants to have some fun

By Amy Klein | Arts & Leisure

Obama reassures Israel, while taking a step back from the Middle East

By Aluf Benn | Obama visits Israel | 10

The superstar accountant: Yaron Zelekha's crusade to save Israel from itself

By Asher Schechter | Features

Facebook

Activity
Recommendations

News: Diplomacy and Defense | National | World | Middle East | Features | Opinion | Israel weather

Jewish World: News | Rabbis' Round Table | The Jewish Thinker Culture: Books | Food and Wine | Arts & Leisure

Haaretz.com Blogs: A Special Place in Hell | West of Eden | Diplomania | Routine Emergencies | Jerusalem Vivendi

The Axis | Strenger than Fiction | East Side Story | Modern Manna | The Fifth Question

Haaretz.co.il: ספרים | ספורט | מפלס הכנרת | ביקורת מסעדות | בלוגים | חדשות חוץ | גלריה | מזג אוויר | חדשות | הארץ

FAQ | Contact us | Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy | Management | Editorial | Employment Opportunities | Advertise on Haaretz.com | Haaretz News Widget

Design by Roni Arie | Accelerated by cotendo

Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.

© Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved