Sports, Paralympics

"Way to go, Asaf!" PM Netanyahu congratulates Asaf Yasur on winning the gold at the Paralympics

Prime Minister congratulated Asaf Yasur for winning the gold for taekwondo at the Paralympics.

Paralympics. Illustration. (Photo: Real Sports Photos/Shutterstock)

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu congratulated athlete Asaf Yasur today (Friday) for winning the gold medal for taekwondo at the Paralympics.

Netanyahu said that "this wonderful personal achievement excites us all, and all the more so in these times. Way to go, Asaf!"

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