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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)

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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

London Olympics

Delegation head hopes to leverage success in London

Israel finishes the 2012 Paralympics 45th in the medals table out of 75 countries, with eight medals − two more than in Beijing.

By Rami Hipsh | Sep 10, 2012 | 02:10 PM

Noam Gershony after receiving the gold.

Israeli tennis player Noam Gershony wins gold in 2012 Paralympics

The wheelchair tennis star beats David Wagner of the United States to win Israel's first Olympic gold since 2004.

By Haaretz | Sep 8, 2012 | 06:31 PM

Ankie Spitzer, widow of Munich victim Andre Spitzer, delivering a speech

Olympics / Munich 11 / Recriminations and remembrance at memorial for massacre victims

German Jewish leader: 'No one will ever understand the frozen hearts of the IOC'.

By DPA | Sep 6, 2012 | 04:54 AM

Koby Lion

Paralympics / London 2012 / Israel makes it a medals threesome

Shooter Shaziri, cyclist Lion net first silvers to go with tennis doubles bronze.

By Avraham Tshuva | Sep 6, 2012 | 04:54 AM

Wheelchair tennis player Noam Gershony in January 2012.

Paralympics / London 2012 / Israel guaranteed at least a bronze medal in wheelchair tennis

Two of the three Israelis in action on Tuesday progressed to the semi-finals.

By Haaretz Sports Staff | Sep 5, 2012 | 06:35 AM

Israel's wheelchair tennis players - Leah Schneider

Israel's wheelchair tennis players have a perfect day

Israel's wheelchair tennis players swept through their matches at the London Games on Sunday.

By Avraham Tshuvah | Sep 3, 2012 | 04:53 AM

Israel’s Moran Samuel, bottom, finishing third in the AS Women Single Sculls Heat 2 at the London 20

Israeli swimmer picks up second bronze medal in 2012 Paralympics

High drama for Israel in the swimming pool at the London 2012 Paralympics,

By Haaretz Sports Staff | Sep 2, 2012 | 04:40 AM

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| Aug 10, 2012 | 04:55 AM

Bolt reacting as he wins the men’s 200m final at the Olympic Stadium yesterday

London 2012 / Track and Field / Bolt blazes to unprecedented sprint double-double

The world's quickest man, whose performances in London have blown away all doubts that he's the greatest sprinter ever, stopped the clock at 19.32 seconds for victory in his favorite event.

By Reuters | Aug 10, 2012 | 04:55 AM

India’s Chungneijang Mery Kom Hmangte

India takes the gold in relative medal futility at London 2012

Cricket and chess craze, corruption undermine Olympic efforts.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Aug 9, 2012 | 05:46 AM

Mahe Drysdale of New Zealand celebrates winning gold in the men's rowing Single Sculls final

Tiny nations lead in alternative Olympic gold medal count

When considering the number of gold medals won relative to each country's population, New Zealand, Jamaica and Grenada come out on top; India ranks particularly low.

By The Associated Press | Aug 7, 2012 | 02:09 PM

Australia’s Solomon (Right).

London 2012 / Track and field Kirani James wins 400-meter event

Jewish sprinter Solomon makes final.

By Haaretz Sports Staff, JTA | Aug 7, 2012 | 03:51 AM

Steven Solomon, right, finishes third, behind Trinidad and Tobago's Lalonde Gordon, second left

Jewish sprinter to represent Australia in 400m Olympic final

Steven Solomon, who only took up professional sprinting in 2009, bolts through the first semifinal in 44.97 seconds to make his second personal best in two days.

By JTA | Aug 6, 2012 | 12:31 PM

Jessica Fox competing in the London Olympics.

Jewish Aussie 'Flying Fox' wins Olympic silver

Jessica Fox, Australian-Jewish kayaker, wins silver medal in London, 16 years after her mother won bronze in Atlanta.

By Dan Goldberg | Aug 5, 2012 | 10:15 PM

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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 | 3

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

By David Rosenberg | David's Harp

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

By Ron Ben-Tovim | Someone Else's Simcha

Israel's yummy girl just wants to have some fun

By Amy Klein | Arts & Leisure

The Gatekeepers

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

From their bases across the world, Israeli ambassadors grapple with international screenings of the controversial Oscar-nominated film, debating whether or not, at its core, the film is anti-Israel.

By Barak Ravid | Diplomacy & Defense | 16

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

By Asher Schechter | Features

Culture Fop / Obama’s wet 'n' wild Spring Break 2013

By Brian Schaefer | Culture Fop

Capitalism's dark side

By Erez Zadok | Business Opinion

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