another thing about the olympics question....You stated that "in your opinion" israel should stay out of it. I disagree wtih your opinion, but it's nevertheless, just an opinion...so I also want to give credit where due in your language, Chaim.
jews were heavily persecuted by greeks(think chanukah and forcing of greek culture on us), and later by romans(think rabbi akiva and bar koziba/kochba).
If you consider greek persecution of jews, and how jews would assimilate into greek culture and partake in the greek sports.. The basis for the olympics of today. The greek hashkafa(philosophy) - which the olympics memorialises - is historically at least, the anti-thesis of judaism..
They wanted perfection of the body and considered circumcision to be a blemish.. They banned circumcision. I read somewhere of jewish women being paraded on the streets with their murdered children hanging around their necks
An anti zionist I used to speak to made a very interesting point.. He said look at how (he said "the zionists", but for us, that means secular zionists). Look at how they take the concept of the Maccabees, and make a sports club out of it. As if the Maccabees were sportsmen. (There is a jewish social/sports club called Maccabee!)