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A multimedia presentation is shown at a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the deadly attack on the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by a Palestinian militant group, at the port of Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. The head of the International Olympic Committee apologized for the organization's longtime failure to commemorate 11 Israeli athletes killed by Palestinian militants at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Thomas Bach said the Palestinian attack in Munich was one of "the darkest days in Olympic history" and an assault on the Olympic Games and its values. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
IOC chief sorry for not honoring 1972 Olympic attack victims

Sep. 21, 2022 01:15 PM EDT

Artem Dolgopyat of Israel, poses after winning the gold medal after the floor exercise during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Olympian Dolgopyat arrives home to hero's welcome in Israel

By Laurie Kellman Aug. 03, 2021 07:31 AM EDT

A participant pauses in the annual Pride Parade, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, June 25, 2021. Thousands of people attended the parade Friday in one of the largest public gatherings held in Israel since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Tens of thousands attend Pride parade in Israel's Tel Aviv

By Ariel Schalit Jun. 25, 2021 06:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sunday, March 28, 2021 file photo, Scotland's head coach Steve Clarke watches action during a World Cup 2022 group F qualifying soccer match between Israel and Scotland in Tel Aviv, Israel. Scotland's squad will include several Celtic players but not all their club's fans will be supporting the national team. Many Celtic fans in Scotland traditionally follow Ireland. It's a legacy of the religious divide that persists in Glasgow and a sectarianism between Rangers and Celtic that Scotland coach Steve Clarke has spoken out against. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Scotland vs Israel 3/28/2021

Jun. 03, 2021 05:38 AM EDT

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett, left, smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid during a special session of the Knesset, whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Ronen Zvulun/Pool Photo via AP)
Netanyahu foes push for quick vote to end his 12-year rule

By Laurie Kellman Jun. 03, 2021 05:06 AM EDT

An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank at a staging ground near the border with Gaza Strip, southern Israel, Friday, May 21, 2021. A cease-fire took effect early Friday after 11 days of heavy fighting between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas rulers that was ignited by protests and clashes in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Palestinians see victory in Gaza truce as Israel warns Hamas

By Fares Akram And Joseph Krauss May. 21, 2021 02:12 AM EDT

President Joe Biden arrives to speak about a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, in the Cross Hall of the White House, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Hour-by-hour: Biden's behind-the-scenes push for cease-fire

By Aamer Madhani May. 21, 2021 01:27 AM EDT

The glove of Israel Olympic baseball player Jake Roseberg sits on the field at Salt River Fields spring training facility, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Israel has qualified for the six-team baseball tournament at the Tokyo Olympic games which will be its first appearance at the Olympics in any team sport since 1976. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Chasing baseball gold: Israeli team has big dreams for Tokyo

By David Brandt May. 14, 2021 03:28 PM EDT

An Israeli soldier stands guard next to an Iron Dome air defense system as smoke rises from an oil tank on fire after it was hit by a rocket fire from Gaza Strip, near the town of Ashkelon, Israel,, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The Latest: Netanyahu raps 'anarchy' of Jewish-Arab fighting

By The Associated Press May. 12, 2021 06:40 AM EDT

Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

Jewish nationalist demonstrators look at a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip toward central Israel, in the Israeli town of Ramla, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The protesters had gathered in an attempted show of strength in a predominantly Arab neighborhood. (AP Photo/Heidi Levine)
Israel, Hamas trade deadly fire as confrontation escalates

By Fares Akram And Josef Federman May. 11, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

Mourners carry the body of Menachem Knoblowitz, 21, from the United States, who died during Lag BaOmer celebrations at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, at his funeral in Jerusalem on Saturday, May 1 2021. A stampede at a religious festival attended by tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews in northern Israel killed dozens of people and injured about 150 early Friday, medical officials said. It was one of the country's deadliest civilian disasters. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
10 boys and teens among the dead in Israel festival stampede

May. 01, 2021 11:29 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2021 file photo, an Israeli military paramedic prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, to be administered to elderly people at a medical center in Ashdod, southern Israel. On Friday, April 23 The Associated Press reported on social media posts that misrepresented a report from doctors in Israel claiming shingles may be a side effect of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2021 12:23 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 4, 2019 file photo, Strasbourg chief Rabbi Harold Abraham Weill looks at vandalized tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Westhoffen, west of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France. Coronavirus lockdowns in 2020 shifted some anti-Semitic hatred online, where conspiracy theories blaming Jews for the pandemic’s medical and economic devastation abounded, Israeli researchers at Tel Aviv University's Kantor Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry in an annual report Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
Report: Pandemic amped up anti-Semitism, forced it online

By Laurie Kellman Apr. 07, 2021 04:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this March 7, 2021, file photo, people eat in a restaurant as restrictions are eased following months of government-imposed shutdowns, in Tel Aviv, Israel. While Israel provides a glimpse of what may be possible with high immunization rates, it also offers insight into the problems that lie ahead: Workplaces and schools are now grappling with what to do with those who refuse to get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
Israel's dilemma: Can the unvaccinated return to workplaces?

By Ilan Ben Zion Apr. 02, 2021 02:08 AM EDT

Israeli President Reuvin Rivlin makes remarks after receiving official election results from Chairman of Israel's Central Elections Committee Judge Uzi Fogelman in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Israeli election officials Wednesday handed the results of last week's vote to President Rivlin, nudging forward the country' elusive efforts to break political deadlock, form a government and avoid an unprecedented fifth consecutive round of balloting. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Israel's president calls for new alliances to solve deadlock

By Laurie Kellman Mar. 31, 2021 12:11 PM EDT

Scotland's Lyndon Dykes, left, and Austria's Aleksander Dragovic their 2022 World Cup qualifying soccer match between Scotland and Austria, at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday March 25, 2021. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
Denmark happy to hear noisy booing fans in 2-0 win at Israel

Mar. 25, 2021 06:02 PM EDT

French Champions Trophy season-opener moving to Tel Aviv

Mar. 11, 2021 09:26 AM EST
PARIS (AP) — The French Champions Trophy match between the Ligue 1 champion and the French Cup holder will be played in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Aug. 1. ...

FILE - In this March 8, 2021 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, speaks to journalists after meeting the Israeli citizen, who is the 5 millionth person to be vaccinated in Israel, at a ceremony in Tel Aviv. An Israeli official says Netanyahu will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, March 10. It will be Netanyahu's first official trip to the Gulf Arab nation after the two countries established diplomatic relations. (Miriam Alster/Pool via AP)
Israel's Netanyahu cancels UAE trip in pre-election setback

By Josef Federman Mar. 11, 2021 07:24 AM EST

A Palestinian laborer who works in Israel gives the thumbs up after receiving his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a coronavirus vaccination center set up at the Gilboa checkpoint crossing between Israel and the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Israel celebrates 5 millionth coronavirus vaccination

By Laurie Kellman Mar. 08, 2021 04:27 AM EST