Current sectionSportsAbout 5,000 athletes are participating in the Jewish sports competition held every four years in Israel, down from 10,000 four years ago • In a sign of Israel's internal tensions, PM Netanyahu drew both applause and audible boos as he took the podiumShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJTAand Deborah Danan and Philissa Cramer10:27 PM • July 02 2026 IDTJust days before the start of the Maccabiah Games, the Jewish sports competition held every four years in Israel, Australia was officially out of the competition.CommentsIn the NewsA Smaller Maccabiah Opens in Israel, Carrying the Weight of Oct. 7 and WarsState Watchdog-designate Asked Former AG to Involve Netanyahu in Judicial PicksThe Scandal Over a Revised Gaza Death Toll Is Actually an Attack on JournalismBold, Almost Reckless: Israeli Scientists Seek to Block the Sun's RadiationGermany's Ambassador to Israelis: Steffen Seibert Leaves His PostRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAdvanced Israeli Systems Sold to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Documents and Images ShowIsrael 2026 Election Poll Tracker: The Latest ProjectionsWhy Israelis Should Stop Being Afraid of Mamdani-backed Brad LanderSettlers Tried to Torch Palestinian Homes. They Messed With the Wrong Village103 Nails on the Map: How Israel's Government Is Burying the Two-state SolutionArab World Erupts Over Egypt–Iran LGBT 'Pride Match' in Seattle