Israel At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Israel competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Israel won its first ever gold medal at these Games. 36 competitors, 20 men and 16 women, took part in 41 events in 14 sports.
Read more about Israel At The 2004 Summer Olympics: Athletics, Canoeing, Fencing, Gymnastics, Judo, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Wrestling, Officials
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“appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations.”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 8:5.
Leaders of ancient Israel asking the last of the judges, Samuel, to appoint a king.
“Back now to autumn, leaving the ended husk
Of summer that brought them here for Show Saturday
The men with hunters, dog-breeding wool-defined women,
Children all saddle-swank, mugfaced middleaged wives
Glaring at jellies, husbands on leave from the garden
Watchful as weasels, car-tuning curt-haired sons
Back now, all of them, to their local lives....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)