Israel competed in the Summer Olympic Games for the first time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
Famous quotes containing the words israel and/or summer:
“The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.”
—Ronald Reagan (b. 1911)
“The seasons alter; hoary-headed frosts
Fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose,
And on old Hiems’ thin and icy crown
An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mockery, set.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)