Posts Tagged: olympics
Why Did the Head of the Olympic Committee Meet with an October 7 Supporter?
Jibril Rajoub, the chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee, is a very vocal supporter of Hamas' October 7 massacre and atrocities. Just six weeks after those...
Despite a Terrible War, Israel Had a Record-Breaking Olympics
The Paris Olympics are over, and Israel has triumphed. In the most difficult circumstances imaginable, the Israeli athletes responded with their best ever Olympics, winning seven...
Paris Olympics 2024: A Media Frenzy on Bringing the Palestinian Cause Into Sports
Israel has become a point of contention at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Never mind that global events like the Olympics and Eurovision are supposed to...
Anti-Israel Hate, Iranian Influence Take Center Stage at Olympic Games
The 2024 Olympic Games have come at a time of enormous global tensions. Conflicts between countries are raging, Paris is on edge, and security concerns...
Saudi Arabia Hails Kingdom’s First Female Olympic Swimmer
Saudi dignitaries on Sunday hailed the performance of Mashael Alayed, the first female swimmer from the kingdom to compete in an Olympics. The 17-year-old is the...
Rise in Antisemitism Is Security Challenge for Israeli Olympic Athletes, Israel Committee Says
A rise in antisemitic acts around the world during the Gaza war has set new security challenges for Israeli athletes ahead of the Paris 2024...
Russian Internet Trolls Target Israel’s Gold Medal-Winning Gymnast, Linoy Ashram
i24 News - Russian Internet users, furious that Israel's Linoy Ashram secured the gold medal at the rhythmic gymnastic event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic...
Unconscious Ganjzadeh Gets Karate Gold as Opponent Disqualified
The final bout of karate's historic debut at the Olympics ended in uproar on Saturday when Saudi Arabian Tareg Hamedi's high-kick to Sajad Ganjzadeh's neck...
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...
France Wins Judo Gold Medal in First Mixed Team Event
France claimed the judo gold medal in the first mixed team event ever held in the Games on Saturday, beating Japan 4-1 in the final...
Olympics Taekwondo: Thailand’s Wongpattanakit Wins Women’s 49kG Gold Medal
Thailand's Panipak Wongpattanakit, the bronze medallist in Rio five years ago, beat Spanish teenager Adriana Cerezo Iglesias to win the gold medal for women's taekwondo...
Tokyo Olympics: What You Need to Know Right Now
The first host nation gold is often one of the loudest spectator highlights of an Olympic Games. On Saturday, Japan won its first Tokyo 2020...
The Technion’s Secret Project: Israeli Medals in Tokyo and Paris
CTech - Many factors account for the dominance of Britain's cycling team in the last two Olympics. Strategic investments in sports made by the government...
Jew-Hatred Is an Olympic Sport
The 2016 Rio Olympics motto is “A New World,” intended to convey sports’ transformational power, promote respect and unity, break down barriers and “create a...
