Tag: Israelis
World Games week in review: Israel wins four golds, one silver
On the first day of the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Team Israel took a group photo at the city’s iconic statue of Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge.
Miniature statues of Vulcan are being presented...
Libyan fencing team withdraws from competition to avoid Israeli athletes
Libya’s national fencing team has pulled out of the World Fencing Championships in the United Arab Emirates to avoid facing Israeli opponents in the competition, reported Middle East Monitor.
The team was scheduled to go head-to-head...
Israeli birth rate on decline, government data shows
With 4,709 fewer births recorded in 2020, Israel’s birth rate declined 2.6 percent over the previous year, according to data released from the Central Bureau of Statistics on Monday.
Of the 177,307 children born in...
Hebrew University survey: More than half of Israeli Jews, Arabs expect European anti-Semitism to...
Timed to International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s European Forum reveals a new survey that says Israelis expect anti-Semitism in Europe to worsen.
As for the future of Israeli-European relations, sociologist and...
Meeting with Mayorkas, Shaked aims for Israel to join visa waiver program by 2023
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked met with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday in part to discuss Israel’s efforts to join the Visa Waiver Program.
“We are both determined to promote the exemption...
Israeli officials fear Turkey’s Erdoğan will exploit imprisoned Israeli couple as political pawns
An Israeli couple was arrested by Turkish police on Friday in Istanbul for taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s residence while touring the country. They have been charged with political and military espionage. Israeli officials...
Online campaign ridicules ‘Times’ article describing Israelis as ‘angry,’ ‘displeased’
A viral social-media campaign poking fun at The New York Times was the No. 1 Twitter trend in Israel, even garnering the attention of the nation’s official Twitter account.
The newspaper published an article on Oct. 26,...
Jews (and even an Israeli) match rackets at US Open
When Diego Schwartzman outlasted Kevin Johnson in Wednesday night’s rain-drenched match—requiring relocation from Louis Armstrong to Arthur Ashe Stadium mid-game—he became the identified Jewish player who is guaranteed to go deepest in this year’s...
Jewish athletes celebrate Olympic success at Tokyo games
Many in the Jewish world are sharing in Israel’s record-setting four medal wins at the just-concluded 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Leading the pack were rhythmic gymnast Linoy Ashram and men’s gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, both of whom captured...
Iranian judo defector Mollaei dedicates Olympics silver medal to Israel
Iranian defector Saeid Mollaei, who now represents Mongolia, dedicated his silver medal to the State of Israel after the match on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics.
“This medal is also dedicated to Israel, and I...