Israel’s two leading sports organizations, Hapoel and Maccabi, initialled an agreement today placing regulation of sports activities in this country under a single body in which both organizations will be equally represented. The agreement is expected to pave the way for Israel’s admission to the International Olympics Committee which has been prevented in the past by Israel’s failure to agree on a single representative body.
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