Several MLB players have been added to Team Israel's roster this year, in time for next month's World Baseball Classic.

The team includes a diverse group of athletes, such as a pole-vaulter, sprinter, and former Olympian in skeleton

With a roster made up almost entirely of American Jewish players, this will be Team Israel’s third World Baseball Classic appearance. Israel narrowly missed out on qualifying in 2012, for the third WBC held in 2013,

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft's fight against antisemitism through NFL campaigns and promotion of American football in Israel gives Israeli sports fans a stake in Super Bowl LX

Both members of Human Rights Watch's Israel/Palestine team have resigned after the organization's leadership blocked publication of a key report.