GERMANS KILLED ISRAELI ATHLETES AT MUNICH OLYMPICS, WIDOW CHARGESHenriette Boas
Israel has sent one of itslargest-ever delegations, with athletes partaking in events ranging from swimming and triathlon to equestrian and gymnastics. Past Israeli Olympic medallists Artem Dolgopyat, Avishag Semberg and the country’s mixed judo team are returning, while Israel is competing in Olym...
Yet the Olympics were a target for attacks in the past, notably the 1972 Munich Games, where members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. During the 1996 Atlanta Games, a bomb killed one woman and injured more than 100 people. For the pro...
Daria Atamanov of Israel in action. August 8, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/MIKE BLAKE) As the Paris Olympics approach their final days, Israeli athletes display exciting performances that merit a place on the podium. All Israeli eyes were onDaria Atamanov in Rhythmic Gymnasticson Thursday as ...
The Israel-Mali match offered a first snapshot of how other competitors and the wider public respond to Israeli participation in the games. The Paris 2024 Games take place five decades after Palestinian militants killed 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. ...
Members of the Israeli olympic team had been kidnapped and held hostage by Yaser Arafets organisation. In the end 11 Israeli athletes and coaches were killed, aswell as a German police officer and 5 terrorists, totalling 17 deaths. The three terrorists who survived were arrested and later ...
Learn about the Munich massacre of 1972Overview of the Munich massacre, in which members of the militant Palestinian group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany; all the hostages were killed.(more)See all videos for this article Th...
"The IOC is willing to overlook crimes against humanity, but perhaps not what it considers crimes against sport. It must be said, however, that in the last decade FIFA has not cared when the Israeli military killed Palestinian soccer players and bombed Palestine’s soccer stadiums." ...
The Olympic Games Paris 2024, scheduled in France from July 26 to August 11, kicks off with an opening ceremony along the Seine River in Paris with athletes paraded in barges sailing down the stream. It is unclear whether the Israeli team will take part in this event. However, the Israeli...
Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into emailed death threats to Israeli athletes, and the national cybercrime agency is looking into the leak of some Israeli athletes’ personal data online, which has since been taken down.