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Adi Deytsch and Oren Blitzblau won bronze medals in the European Championships' competitions, which took place in Eilat. Deytsch, an above the knee amputee, finished third in the Male Tri-5 event. Blitzblau finished third in the Male Tri-6 event for the blind.

A new website has been launched to make Tel Aviv more accessible to tourists.

Three Israeli students have reached the final ten in Google's Photography Prize competition, beating out more than 20,000 students worldwide who entered the contest. The finalists' work will be displayed at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London for a month-long exhibit.

Jordi Cruyff (son of Johan Cruyff) has been appointed sports director of the Maccabi Tel Aviv football team. The former Dutch international and Manchester United midfielder will officially join the Israeli Premier League club at the end of the season.

The U2 lead singer spent Monday evening at the Container restaurant bar in Jaffa port. U2’s last concert in Israel was in 1997.

The Haifa International Flower Exhibition is the largest ever to be held in Israel. Nine domes contained thousands of flowers bursting with colour from all over the world, each arrangement boasting a different theme.

Israel beat Portugal 3:0 to advance in the worldwide Davis Cup tennis tournament. The win takes Israel out of Group 1 in the Europe/Africa division and into the World Group playoffs, where it will contend for a spot in the coveted World Group.

Since Israel’s soccer captain Yossi Benayoun joined UK’s Arsenal team on loan, the London club has climbed to 3rd in the English Premier league and an automatic European qualification spot. Yossi is one of the most popular members of Arsenal’s squad.

Please watch the Passover “hit” video from the Fountainheads. It’s clever and the ending is quite emotional (to some of us anyway).

The singer chosen as the ‘voice of Israel’ turned out to be the new immigrant from Canada, Kathleen Reiter. “I know that this is an amazing opportunity for me and a great start to what will hopefully be a great life here in Israel,” Reiter said. The youtube video is of the winning song “Shout to you”.