Cool Runnings, Cold Reality

By Leo Pearlman

Source type: article

Israel’s qualification for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics should be uncomplicated joy. A bobsleigh team, from a country with no ice tracks, no winter-sports tradition and no natural right to be here, has qualified for the Winter Olympics for the first time in its history. It is a triumph of ingenuity, discipline and belief. A reminder that Israeli sport, like Israel itself, has always punched far above its weight. Yet, for Jews, sporting achievement is never allowed to exist in isolation. Every Israeli sporting moment carries the weight of history and the knowledge that celebration is often followed by hatred, pride sits alongside vigilance and joy alongside memory.

Topics: Boycott (BDS), Real Israel - Real Life

Tags: Europe, Football, Olympics