Tel Aviv officials may try to convince Olympic organizers to stage the 2012 games there. Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai said city officials have ordered a feasibility study to prepare for a possible bid to host the Games. The plan being studied calls for the conversion of an industrial area along the Yarkon River into an Olympic complex.
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