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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)
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Obama: Settlement activity not appropriate or constructive to advancing peace (Haaretz)
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Obama: Two-state solution still possible, only chance for peace and success (Haaretz)
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Obama: Israel and Palestinians must make this leap together (Haaretz)
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Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
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Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
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Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
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Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
13:11
Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
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Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
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Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
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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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Olympics News

The Olympic Rings at Tower Bridge, London, June 27, 2012.

German Foreign Minister urges Olympic chair to commemorate 'Munich 11' victims

Guido Westerwelle joins efforts by Israel, Canada and others to hold a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered at the 1972 Munich Games.

By Ofer Aderet | Jun 27, 2012 | 08:03 PM | 2

Marking the Olympics from the London Eye.

Why I am calling for a minute's silence to remember the Munich massacre

As the Olympic Games come to London, we should mark the anniversary of the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games - not just to express our solidarity with the victims but also our determination to stand against terrorism.

By Tessa Jowell | Jun 27, 2012 | 10:17 AM | 8

This June 6, 2012 file photo, shows San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker (9), of France.

Basketball / Olympics / France's Tony Parker doubtful for London Games

Parker had expected to be back training after a week-long rest but said on Sunday he was still sidelined and may have to withdraw from the London Games.

By Reuters | Jun 25, 2012 | 03:43 AM

Bruck in 2011. He says he did not sell anything he wasn’t allowed to.

Olympics / Black market tickets / U.K. paper stings Israeli during investigation of widespread scalping practices for London Games

Reporters from the Sunday Times Insight investigative reporting team uncovered attempts to sell tickets from the allocations of 54 nations.

By Anshel Pfeffer | Jun 18, 2012 | 04:21 AM

The Bamba baby, London Olympics

Meet Israel's new Olympic mascot: the Bamba baby

Olympic Committee of Israel selects icon of popular peanut-based snack following court case over former 'candidate' Shpitzik the prickly pear.

By Rami Hipsh | Mar 13, 2012 | 02:02 AM | 5

Sprinter Dwain Chambers

Olympics / Fewer U.K. athletes back doping bans for life

British Olympic Association acknowledges that support of British Olympians supported world sport's toughest sanction for doping cheats dropped from 90 to 70 percent.

By The Associated Press | Feb 28, 2012 | 04:31 AM

Helene Mayer - photographs from the exhibition at Beit Hatfutsot - 20012012

Giving Jews a sporting chance

In Israel at least, the stereotype of Jews as puny and unathletic still prevails, but a new museum show featuring the tales of 19 Jewish champions aims to rectify that error.

By Ofer Aderet | Jan 20, 2012 | 05:51 AM | 2

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

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Haaretz Select

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

Obama, in key speech, to target Israelis who could make or break a future peace

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

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

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

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

By Aluf Benn | Obama visits Israel | 10

Israel's yummy girl just wants to have some fun

By Amy Klein | Arts & Leisure

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

By Asher Schechter | Features

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