Israel Has Rough Opening at 2016 Rio Olympics

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Headlines from Jerusalem, 8 August 2016

“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus” Titus 2:11-13

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Israel Has Rough Opening at 2016 Rio Olympics

Israelis could take some satisfaction from a reprimand given to the leader of Lebanon’s Olympic delegation over the weekend for an incident in which he physically blocked Israeli athletes from entering a bus meant to transport them to the opening ceremonies Friday evening. However, the reprimand by the IOC did not stop the incident from being widely celebrated in Arab social and traditional media utlets as a “humiliation” of the “Zionist Enemy” and an act of “resistance” against “Israeli aggression”.
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