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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Yael Arad

Gold medalist Tom Reuveny and other members of Team Israel arrive home from the 2024 Paris Olympics, at Ben Gurion Airport on August 12, 2024 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 12, 2024, 9:08 pm
Israeli gold medalist says win was possible because of country’s soldiers
Returning home, Tom Reuveny says those protecting Jewish state are reason ‘I’m even standing here’; Israeli Olympic chief Yael Arad: Delegation’s success is due to ‘Israeli spirit’
By Amy Spiro
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a ceremony to pay tribute to the 11 Israeli victims in the Munich 1972 Olympics massacre, at the Israeli Embassy in Paris on August 6, 2024.(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
August 6, 2024, 8:35 pm
At Munich victims’ memorial, Olympic chief says Games still embody ‘culture of peace’
Thomas Bach says murder of 11 Israelis at 1972 Games is ‘the darkest day in Olympic history’; Israeli Olympic head Yael Arad: Still today ‘it is not easy to be an Israeli athlete’
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative: The Israeli delegation's flag bearers Peter Paltchik (2R) and Andrea Murez (R) stand at the front of the team's boat during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the Seine river in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. (Damien Meyer / AFP)
August 6, 2024, 4:17 pm
‘Armed guards with us 24/7’: Israel’s Olympians compete in Paris under tight security
Showjumper says athletes only permitted to be in village or competition site; head of Olympic Committee of Israel says team ready for ‘all kinds of provocation’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A general view of billboard that reads 'Ban Israel from the Olympics' on the M1 North De Villiers Graaf motorway in Johannesburg, South Africa on April 22, 2024. (Phill Magakoe/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 9:21 am
With Israeli athletes in Paris, Palestinian Olympics team repeats call to ban them
Palestine Olympic Committee claims 400 athletes have been killed during war against Hamas in Gaza, references ICJ decision on illegal East Jerusalem, West Bank rule
By AFP
Members of Israel's delegation to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games pose for a group picture ahead of departure, at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on July 22, 2024. (Jorge Novominsky / AFP)
July 22, 2024, 2:14 pm
Israeli Olympic delegation departs for Paris Games with ‘a national mission’
French FM says Israelis are welcome at Games, pushing back on comments from far-left lawmaker; Israeli committee chief Yael Arad says athletes’ first victory ‘is that we’re here’
By Amy Spiro
Israeli Olympians (from L to R) Shachar Sagiv, Lihie Raz and Tom Reuveny model the 2024 official uniform on June 3, 2024. (Oded Karni/Olympic Committee of Israel)
June 5, 2024, 10:17 pm
On complex world stage in Paris, Israel’s Olympians hope to stay focused on sport
Despite security threats and concerns over provocations, Israeli officials say goal is to bring home 4-5 medals at 2024 games, upping state grant to gold medalists to NIS 1 million
By Amy Spiro
Israel's first Olympic medalist and newly inducted International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Yael Arad speaks to the media at the end of the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai on October 17, 2023. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
October 17, 2023, 4:13 pm
‘It was very difficult’: Yael Arad departs war horrors to get Olympic honor in India
Israel’s first Olympic medalist becomes member of International Olympic Committee, says she wanted to attend to ‘build bridges’ despite losing relatives to Hamas’s terror onslaught
By AFP and ToI Staff
Yael Arad, the head of the Israeli Olympic Committee, during a press converence in Jerusalem, February 23, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2023, 2:50 am
International Olympic Committee selects Israel’s 1st medalist Yael Arad as member
1992 silver medalist in judo and head of Israel’s Olympic committee will become 2nd Israeli ever on international board after confirmation next month
By ToI Staff and AP
President Isaac Herzog addresses an event in Tel Aviv marking 50 years since the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes and a West German police officer were killed by Palestinian terrorists, September 21, 2022. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 21, 2022, 9:50 pm
Speaking at Munich Massacre memorial, Herzog draws parallel to present-day terror
President promises Israel will persist in fight against terrorism; International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach calls 1972 attack one of the ‘darkest days in Olympic history’
By Michael Horovitz and AP
Israeli Olympic judoka Yael Arad, right, celebrates and hugs her German opponent, Frauke Eickoff, after winning the semi-final match at the Barcelona Olympics, on July 30, 1992. (AP Photo)
November 7, 2021, 10:07 pm
First Israeli medalist Yael Arad to head Olympic Committee
Judo champion will be first woman to fill position; calls on other women to take up key roles
By Stuart Winer
Israelis take part at the SlutWalk march in central Tel Aviv, on July 8, 2016. (Ben Kelmer/Flash90)
October 20, 2017, 6:37 am
Israeli women having been saying #MeToo for years
A Facebook page started in 2013 has collected thousands of testimonies of sexual abuse, and numbers have ramped up since Weinstein allegations became public
By Andrew Tobin
Judoka Yarden Gerbi celebrates after winning a bronze medal on August 9, 2016, left, and Or Sasson celebrates after securing his bronze medal in judo on August 12. (Jack Guez, Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP)
August 22, 2016, 6:59 am
Israel’s Olympic tally: 2 bronzes, 7 finals, a delegation with more than half women
Rio saw a better-than-average showing for Israel, though with only 9 medals since 1952, that’s no great consolation for Israeli athletics
By ToI Staff
Judoka Yarden Gerbi celebrates after winning a bronze medal on August 9, 2016, left, and Or Sasson celebrates after securing his bronze medal in judo on August 12. (Jack Guez, Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP)
August 14, 2016, 6:10 pm
After judo medals, Israel basks in success of new ‘national sport’
Hailed as national heroes, judokes are inspiring new generation of athletes. ‘Soccer may be more popular, but this is what we are good at,’ says sport chairman
By Aron Heller
Israeli judoka Linda Bolder competes in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 10, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)
August 10, 2016, 7:35 pm
Israeli judoka Linda Bolder knocked out of Rio
Dutch-born athlete misses chance at bronze through repechage path, after losing to Spanish contender in quarterfinals
By ToI Staff
Israel's rhythmic gymnastics team receives the gold medal at the the 32nd Rhythmic Gymnastics European championships 2016 at the Holon Toto Hall in Holon on June 19, 2016. (Courtesy Israel Gymnastic Association Facebook)
August 1, 2016, 8:12 pm
Got rhythm? Gymnastics a top medal hope for Israel in Rio
From wrestlers to windsurfers, several sabras in Israel’s largest-ever team have a shot at making the podium in Brazil
By Luke Tress
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