Mostly immigrants from the former Soviet Union, members of the Israeli rhythmic gymnastics team are united by growing up in families versed in a more intense approach to sports.
The organized Jewish community in France is publicly calling on President Nicolas Sarkozy to launch an investigation into the controversial 2000 TV broadcast of an alleged Israeli shooting of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy.
The participation of every Mediterranean country except one in France’s summit inaugurating a Mideast-E.U. confederation has boosted prospects for a union that the French president hopes will advance Arab-Israeli peace.