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Line 1: {{Short description\|National Olympic Committee}} {{coord\|32\|6\|24.59\|N\|34\|48\|55.76\|E\|display=title\|type:landmark}} {{refimprove\|date=June 2015}} Line 10 ⟶ 11: \| recognized = 1952 \| association = EOC \| headquarters = [[Tel Aviv~~]], [[Tel Aviv District~~]], [[Israel]] \| president = [[~~Igal~~Yael ~~Carmi~~Arad]] \| secretary general = [[Gilad Lustig]] \| website = [~~http~~https://www.olympicsil.co.il/ www.olympicsil.co.il] }} [[File:Olimpic 007.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|The Olympic Committee of Israel building in the [[National Sport Center – Tel Aviv]]]] The '''Olympic Committee of Israel''' (~~Hebrew: הוועד האולימפי בישראל;~~ {{lang-arhe\|~~اللجنة~~הוועד ~~الاولمبية~~האולימפי ~~الاسرائيلية~~בישראל}}~~; ''Al-lajnat al'uwlimbiat al'iisrayiylia''; {{lang-ru\|Олимпийский комитет Израиля}}; ''Olympiyskiy komitet Izrailya''~~) is the recognized [[National Olympic Committee]] (NOC) of [[Israel]], and the governing body of Olympic sports in Israel. The OCI's headquarters is located at the [[National Sport Center – Tel Aviv]]. == History == {{also\|Jewish Olympics\|Israel at the Olympics}} In 1933 the "'''Palestine National Olympic Committee"''' was officially formed, and was recognized by the [[International Olympic Committee]] in May 1934,<ref>{{cite ~~web~~book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ar3hAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 \|title=Sport, Politics and Society in the Land of Israel \|~~work~~isbn=9781317967910 \|last1=Galily \|first1=Yair \|last2=Ben-Porat \|first2=Amir \|date=31 October 2013 \|publisher=Routledge }}</ref> ~~despite~~but never ~~competing~~competed.<ref name="PLE">{{cite ~~web~~book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9mM0XzW03AcC&pg=PA291 \|title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement\|~~work~~isbn=9780810875227 \|last1=Mallon \|first1=Bill \|last2=Heijmans \|first2=Jeroen \|date=11 August 2011 \|publisher=Scarecrow Press }}</ref> Although this committee represented [[Jews]], [[Christians]] and [[Muslims]] living in [[Mandatory Palestine]], its rules stated that they "represent[ed] the [[Jewish National Home]]."<ref name="PLE" /> It was, however, controlled exclusively by the [[Maccabi World Union\|Maccabi]] sports organization and oversaw only clubs affiliated with Maccabi, while neither rival Jewish sports organizations, such as [[Hapoel]], nor non-Jewish sports organizations took part. Although ~~Eretz Israel~~Palestine was formally invited to participate in the [[1936 Summer Olympics\|1936 Olympics]] in [[Berlin]], it declined the invitation to attend the Games in [[Nazi Germany]]. In 1948, shortly after the State of Israel was established, its request to participate in the [[1948 Summer Olympics\|1948 Olympics]] was denied, as the newly formed country wasn't yet recognized by IOC.{{Citation needed\|date=August 2024}} ==OCI recognition== The OCI was re-organized in 1951 under joint-leadership of Maccabi and Hapoel, the two major sports organization in the country. According to the agreement of the two ~~organization~~organizations, there were two presidents, one from each. This arrangement continued until 1967, and since then OCI has only one president. OCI achieved IOC recognition in early 1952, just in time for Israel's Olympic debut at the [[1952 Summer Olympics]] in [[Helsinki]]. OCI has sent delegations to all Summer Olympics since then, except for [[1980 Summer Olympics\|Moscow 1980]], which Israel supported the United States in a [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott\|boycott]]ed over the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]]. Israel made its debut at the Winter Olympics in [[1994 Winter Olympics\|1994]], and has become a regular participant since then. ==Continental association== Between 1954 and 1974 Israel took part in the [[Asian Games]], but political pressure exerted by Arab countries due to the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] led to Israel's exclusion from the re-organized [[Olympic Council of Asia]] in 1981.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19811210&id=Rr4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jO4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2948,6887134&hl=en Israelis Facing Asian Ban]</ref> In the early 1990s Israel was admitted into European sports organizations, and became full member of [[European Olympic Committees]] in 1994. Israel has participated in the biannual [[European Youth Olympic Festival]], since 1995, and the [[European Games]] since [[Israel at the 2015 European Games\|2015]]. ~~==Social media==~~ The OCI is present on [[social media]], with the Press Office of the Committee running an official [[Facebook]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.facebook.com/IsraelOlympicCommittee/\|script-title= Israel Olympic on Facebook\|trans-title=\|language=\|publisher=Facebook\|date=\|accessdate=}}</ref> page and [[Instagram]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.instagram.com/olympicteamisrael/\|script-title= Israel Olympic on Instagram\|trans-title=\|language=\|publisher=Instagram\|date=\|accessdate=}}</ref> account. ==See also== Line 42 ⟶ 40: {{Reflist}} == External links == {{~~commons~~Commons category\|National Sports Centre}}▼ * [~~http~~https://www.olympicsil.co.il Official website] ▲{{commons category\|National Sports Centre}} {{country at games navbox\|Israel\|Olympics}} {{Israel at ~~multi-sport~~international ~~events~~sports competitions}} {{EOC}} {{Sports governing bodies in Israel}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Olympic Committee Of Israel}} [[Category:Israel at the Olympics]] [[Category:Sports governing bodies in Israel\| Olympic]] [[Category:National Olympic Committees\|Israel]] [[Category:Organizations based in Tel Aviv]] [[Category:Sports ~~organisations~~organizations established in 1933]] [[Category:1933 establishments in Mandatory Palestine]]