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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

2014 World Cup

A reporter broadcasts a live TV interview 'in the field' using LiveU equipment (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 17, 2016, 3:56 pm
Israel’s LiveU to beam Summer Olympics events worldwide
The cellular broadcasting tech firm has been serving sponsors of mass broadcast occasions around the globe
By ToI Staff
A Magen David Adom emergency medical service ambulance (illustrative photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 14, 2014, 9:04 am
Israeli teen killed in brawl over World Cup final
Seventeen-year-old dies in hospital after receiving fatal blow to the head by a friend
By ToI Staff
Germany's Mario Goetze, left, celebrates with Thomas Mueller after scoring the winning goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Frank Augstein)
July 14, 2014, 8:00 am
Gazans need ingenuity, courage to watch World Cup
Ongoing conflict forces fans on both sides to make alternative viewing arrangements
By Khalil Hamra
Illustrative photo of an ambulance (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)
July 14, 2014, 6:13 am
Israeli teenager severely wounded in tiff over World Cup match
Sixteen-year-old in hospital after being bashed over the head by a friend
By ToI Staff
Argentina's Lionel Messi, left, battles for the ball with Germany's Mats Hummels during the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
July 14, 2014, 12:43 am
Germany wins World Cup
Goetze scores late to secure soccer championship with 1-0 defeat of Argentina
By AP
July 13, 2014, 10:06 pm
Mixed reactions to German nationalism from World Cup
While many members of the Jewish community support the national team, others fear the accompanying xenophobia brought on by football fever
By Micki Weinberg
Players from Argentina’s national soccer team holding up a banner commemorating victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing. (JTA)
July 13, 2014, 3:37 pm
Argentine team in 2011 commemorated AMIA bombing
Players photographed holding banner reading: ‘The national team does not forget that 17 years ago, 85 people were killed in the bombing of the AMIA. You shouldn’t forget either’
By JTA
Soccer fans of the Argentina national soccer team wear masks with faces of Pope Francis and Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi during a live telecast in July of the soccer World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and Netherlands, inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
July 13, 2014, 2:46 pm
Papal World Cup party at Vatican?
Argentine Pope Francis gives word there will be no papal intervention in his native country’s fortunes
By AP
Israeli flag on street: Rabbi Pessach Kauffman of São Paulo and his friend Fabio Steinecke pose outside of Rio's Maracanã Stadium before the France vs. Ecuador game on June 25, 2014. (courtesy: Pessach Kauffman)
July 4, 2014, 1:55 pm
Brazilian Jewry’s World Cup soccer Shabbos goyim
Security guards, cooks, and other staff update Brazil’s observant community during tortuous Sabbath national team games
By Gregory Gutterman Scruggs
Algeria captain Madjid Bougherra gestures during a World Cup game, June 30, 2014 (photo credit: AFP/GABRIEL BOUYS)
From the WebJuly 3, 2014, 4:50 pm
Algeria will donate World Cup prize money to Gaza
Poor people there ‘need it more than us,’ says team’s star striker Islam Slimani, Daily Mail reports
Colombians in Israel celebrate on Tel Aviv's Allenby Street after Colombia's victory over Uruguay. (photo credit: JTA/Diego Melamed)
July 2, 2014, 4:14 am
Colombia’s Jewish soccer star
Coach Jose Pekerman, whose team advanced to World Cup quarter-finals, is Argentine Jew who’s hailed as national hero
By JTA
Iraqi Raad Abdulhussein (C) and his friends sit watching on TV the 2014 FIFA World Cup round of 16 football match between Algeria and Germany on July 1, 2014 at the "Facebook" cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (photo credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
July 1, 2014, 12:37 pm
Football-crazed Iraqis watch World Cup despite danger
Soccer fest provides respite from concerns over militant forces sweeping across the country
By Mohamad Ali Harissi
In this June 24, 2014 photo, a street sign for Rua do Bom Jesus decorates the side of a Jewish memorial and cultural center in Recife, Brazil. (photo credit: AP Photo/Brett Martel)
June 30, 2014, 1:27 am
1st New World (Cup) synagogue in Recife
Brazilian city, home of Fan Fest, is also site of first Jewish house of worship in Americas
By Brett Martel
Young Arab children walk by a security wall painted with graffiti and and an Israeli flag, in the divided West Bank town of Hebron. June 24, 2014. (photo credit: Mendy Hechtman/FLASH90)
June 29, 2014, 5:16 pm
Ramadan’s arrival presages no halt to hostilities
The holy month, coming just as tensions are ratcheting up, could actually see increased violence in both Gaza and the West Bank
By Avi Issacharoff
Uruguay's forward Christian Stuani (2R) heads the ball as Uruguay's defender Diego Godin (4L) and Uruguay's defender Jose Maria Gimenez (2L) defend against Colombia's midfielder Alexander Mejia (FRONT) Colombia's defender and captain Mario Alberto Yepes (3R) Colombia's defender Cristian Zapata (4L) and Colombia's midfielder Alexander Mejia (R) during the Round of 16 football match between Colombia and Uruguay at The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on June 28, 2014, during the 2014 FIFA World Cup. (photo credit: AFP/FABRIZIO BENSCH/POOL)
From the WebJune 29, 2014, 9:46 am
Egyptians conflicted over free Israeli World Cup feed
Israel’s broadcast of the international sporting event may not cost a pound, but many refuse to watch ‘Zionist channels,’ Ahram reports
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