More than 100 gold coins were found hidden in a partly broken pottery vessel at the Apollonia National Park, where archaeologists say the former Crusader town of Apollonia-Arsuf once thrived.

PM Netanyahu and Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat met on Monday, 9 July 2012, with the members of the Israeli Olympic delegation which will soon leave for London.

This fact-finding mission will find no cooperation in Israel, and its members will not be allowed to enter Israel and the Territories.

Deputy FM Ayalon and the Munich widows thank the Australian Speaker of Parliament for the decision to hold a minute of silence in memory of the Israeli athletes murdered in Munich.

On Friday, 29 June 2012, the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO voted to list the Nahal Me'arot / Carmel Caves Nature Reserve as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.