text: SOCCER - ISRAELI FIRST DIVISION RESULTS / STANDINGS. JERUSALEM 1996-12-07 
   Results of first division soccer 
   matches played over the weekend: 
   Zafririm Holon 1 Hapoel Petah Tikva 1 
   Maccabi Haifa 1 Hapoel Taibe 1 
   Hapoel Kfar Sava 1 Bnei Yehuda 0 
   Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 Betar Jerusalem 4 
   Hapoel Jerusalem 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv 4 
   Ironi Rishon Lezion 1 Maccabi Herzliya 0 
   Hapoel Beit She'an 2 Hapoel Beersheba 1 
   Maccabi Petah Tikva 0 Hapoel Haifa 2 
   Standings (tabulate under played, won, drawn, lost, goals 
   for, against, points): 
   Betar Jerusalem 12 10 2 0 28 7 32 
   Hapoel Petah Tikva 12 9 2 1 27 13 29 
   Hapoel Beersheba 12 8 0 4 18 9 24 
   Maccabi Tel Aviv 12 6 4 2 21 14 22 
   Maccabi Petah Tikva 12 6 2 4 14 12 20 
   Bnei Yehuda 12 6 2 4 15 15 20 
   Hapoel Haifa 12 6 1 5 21 16 19 
   Maccabi Haifa 12 4 4 4 14 15 16 
   Hapoel Kfar Sava 12 5 1 6 10 11 16 
   Hapoel Jerusalem 12 4 1 7 10 18 13 
   Ironi Rishon Lezion 12 4 1 7 13 24 13 
   Zafririm Holon 12 2 4 6 8 14 10 
   Maccabi Herzliya 12 3 1 8 5 12 10 
   Hapoel Taiba 12 3 1 8 10 21 10 
   Hapoel Beit She'an 12 2 3 7 9 13 9 
   Hapoel Tel Aviv 12 2 3 7 7 16 9
competitors: NCR Varco International Loews