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Runners take part in the 89 kilometres Comrades Marathon between Pietermaritzburg and Durban on June 8, 2025. The annual marathon this year attracted close to 19,000 runners from around the world. Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP via Getty Images.
Israeli runners harassed at South Africa’s Comrades Marathon
“It is disturbing that only Israeli athletes were singled out for harassment," the South African Jewish Board of Deputies says.
Rolene Marks
June 10, 2025
England soccer legend John Barnes provides encouragement to runners during the 2025 TCS London Marathon, on April 27, 2025. Photo by Luke Walker/Getty Images.
Runners honor hostages at London Marathon
Two demonstrators disrupted the marathon by throwing red powder across Tower Bridge and calling for a trade embargo against Israel.
JNS Staff
April 28, 2025
Thousands of runners take part in the annual Jerusalem Marathon on April 4, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
2025 Jerusalem Marathon events see 40,000 run in the holy city
Participants came from more than 50 countries.
Sharon Altshul
April 4, 2025
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion and U.K.-based marathon runner Yoel Levy, who is running the Jerusalem Marathon in a Batman costume in memory of the Bibas children, who were hostages slain by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, April 3, 2025. Photo by Arnon Bossani.
Tens of thousands of runners expected to join Jerusalem Marathon
"In these challenging times, we choose life—and we choose to run," said Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion.
JNS Staff
April 3, 2025
More than 45,000 runners from Israel and abroad participated in the Tel Aviv Marathon on Feb. 28, 2025. Credit: Tel Aviv Marathon, Sportphotography.
45,000 runners from Israel, abroad run in Tel Aviv Marathon
The event’s organizers released 59 yellow balloons at the start of each race, in a symbolic gesture to the hostages still captive in Gaza.
JNS Staff
March 1, 2025
Runners take part in a marathon in Israel's coastal city of Tel Aviv on Feb. 28, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alsterýþ/Flash90.
Israel laces up for Tel Aviv Marathon
Thousands of runners and tens of thousands of spectators are expected to participate in Israel's biggest annual sports event.
JNS Staff
Feb. 25, 2025
Col. (res.) Uri Levi will lead Team Shalva's 130-member squad competing in the New York City Marathon. Photo by Or Gefen/TPS.
Uri Levi runs a marathon of redemption
The retired IDF colonel, short a lobe of his lungs, will lead 130 Israelis running in New York to raise funds to help the disabled.
Pesach Benson
Sept. 27, 2023
British diplomats participate in the "Palestine Marathon" wearing t-shirts featuring a map of “Palestine” extending from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, effectively wiping out Israel, March 10, 2023. Source: Twitter.
British diplomats reported for wearing T-shirts with maps erasing Israel
U.K. Lawyers for Israel says the move violates the Diplomatic Service Code, which states that, “You must not: allow your personal political views to determine any advice you give or your actions.”
March 20, 2023
The start of the Jerusalem Marathon on March 17, 2023. Credit: Sportphotography.
Running is good philanthropy at 2023 Jerusalem Marathon
Elite international and Israeli athletes, along with those who like to pound the pavement, speed past Jerusalem’s historic sites, many of them to raise money for nonprofits.
Josh Hasten
March 17, 2023