Sound of success: Israel strikes gold
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For many Israelis, the Olympics evoke memories of a terrorist massacre and political boycotts, but windsurfer
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Athens: With a strong kick down the stretch and a kiss of the ground once across the finish line, Hicham El Guerrouj finally got what he was after: an Olympic gold medal.
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Somehow, Nicolas Massu of Chile summoned the strength and the shots to win his second gold medal of the Olympic Games. That is twice as many medals as the entire United States tennis team won.
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Comment is free: Naomi Klein: Political chaos means Israel is booming like it's 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians.
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It was a glorious surprise, igniting a party complete with song and dance: The Greeks won the first gold medal of their hometown Olympics with an unexpected victory last night in synchronized diving.
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Once again the elitist left-wing media is attempting to make Americans feel guilty for achieving excellence. Paul Hamm followed the rules, performed a brilliant high-bar routine and won the gold medal fair and square.
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ATHENS - Windsurfer Gal Fridman won his country&#39;s first gold medal since Israel began competing in the Olympics at Helsinki in 1952 when he captured the men&#39;s Mistral sailboard title at Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre on Wednesday.
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Israel&#39;s very first gold medal in any sport, a fifth medal in sailing for Great Britain and a silver medal for the home team here in Greece - all in one class.
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IN Israel/Palestine, pessimism is close kin to commonsense: hope, to naivety. No commentator has ever sounded foolish by emphasising the obstacles to peace.
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Athens, Greece (Sports Network) - Israel picked up its first-ever gold medal at the Olympics on Wednesday when windsurfer Gal Fridman won the men&#39;s mistral.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Kenenisa Bekele seized the 10,000-metre crown and the Olympic record from Haile Gebrselassie with an emphatic finish yesterday to win the gold medal at the Athens Games. Gebrselassie lost the title and the record but he did not ...
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PETAH TIKA, Israel "Ladies and gentlemen," the voice over the portable speakers intoned, "please rise for the singing of 'Hatikva.' " About 75 people stood up from plank-board bleachers as Israel's national anthem filled the twilight. Only a few sang the Hebrew words, though, because only a few knew...
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Israel&#39;s first gold medalist ever, Gal Fridman, Wednesday met an outburst of joy seconds after he won the men&#39;s Mistral sailing race at the Olympics.
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US gymnast Paul Hamm's victory brought some of the most absorbing theater of the Olympics' first week.
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Shimshon Cahaner was among the first Israeli soldiers to storm into the Old City of Jerusalem 40 years ago. He remembers that historic day as if it were yesterday -- the thrill he and other Israeli troops got when they raced through Lions' Gate at the eastern edge of the Old City.
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If, indeed, it was the Jewish stateâs version of the State of the Union address, then things are good and getting better. But there was more than just self-congratulation to Ariel
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Israel&#39;s first Olympic gold medallist has dedicated his victory to his 11 countrymen killed in the Munich massacre of 1972, vowing he would visit their memorial to show them his medal.