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But it seems that President Herzog enjoys competition, which is why he joined the Kfar Saba chess tournament and played two games against young chess enthusiasts.
The contest brought together 80 Jewish and Arab players up to the age of 14, who represented chess clubs from Tira, Kafr Kassem, Umm el-Fahm, Taiba, Arara, Jaljulya, Kfar Saba, Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Petah Tikva, Kiryat Ono and Ramat Gan.
Herzog played two games against 13-year-old Sahar Mansour from Taiba and 11-year-old Adam Pels from Tel Aviv, who started playing chess when he was four years old. The two youngsters made a united effort to beat the president.
Herzog, who is a dedicated chess player, said that there was something emotionally moving and inspirational in finding young people in 2021 who are as addicted to the game as he is. He also hailed the tournament as a wonderful means of bridge building between Arab and Jewish youth.
Kfar Saba Mayor Rafi Sa’ar said that Kfar Saba was proud to host both the president and the chess tournament, which contributes significantly to coexistence.
* NOT ALL members of the Likud are such blind supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu that they are willing to go along with unseemly criticism of New Hope MK Bennie Begin, who was once known as a Likud prince.
After leaving a New Hope faction meeting in Beit Shemesh this week, Begin was assailed by Netanyahu supporters who yelled at him that he had betrayed his father’s legacy, and that his father would be ashamed of him and would turn in his grave.
The vulgar verbal assault was condemned by New Hope leader Gideon Sa’ar as well as by Likud MKs Miki Zohar and Yoav Kisch. 'This ugly attack on veteran MK Bennie Begin will not return us to the leadership of the state,' said Zohar. 'Even though we have our differences, this is not the way.' Kisch warned that this kind of verbal violence is dangerous.
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