Israel At The 2000 Summer Olympics
Israel competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 39 competitors, 29 men and 10 women, took part in 43 events in 9 sports. The delegation of 39 athletes was the biggest until that time, and second-biggest in history after 2008 Olympics.
Read more about Israel At The 2000 Summer Olympics: Athletics, Fencing, Judo, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming
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“For in the division of the nations of the whole earth he set a ruler over every people; but Israel is the Lord’s portion: whom, being his firstborn, he nourisheth with discipline, and giving him the light of his love doth not forsake him. Therefore all their works are as the sun before him, and his eyes are continually upon their ways.”
—Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus 17:17-9.
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