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| July 26, 2012
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Clinton tells IOC: Hold memorial for Murdered Israeli Olympians

U.S. Sec. of St. joins int’l calls on Olympic Committee to honor slain Israeli athletes when games open on Friday • Athletes’ widows meet with chief to hand over petition, & call on spectators to stage silent protest at opening ceremony.

 

 

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling on the International Olympic Committee to commemorate the massacre of 11 Israelis by Palestinian gunmen at the Munich Games in 1972 with a moment of silence at Friday’s opening ceremony of this year’s games in London.

Ankie Spitzer, widow of an Israeli Olympian killed by Palestinian gunmen in 1972 Munich Olympics: We are outraged, we are angry, we are sad.

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| July 26, 2012
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Olympic Team Salutes Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital In Response to BBC’s Map

Israel’s Olympic team responds in a special video to the BBC’s claim that Jerusalem is not Israel’s capital

By Elad Benari

 

Israel’s Olympic team has decided to respond to the BBC’s assertion that Jerusalem is not Israel’s capital, by preparing a video in which Israeli athletes are seen saying they are proud to represent Israel “and its capital Jerusalem.”

The British broadcast authority, which has often been charged with bias against Israel, has come under fire for listing “East Jerusalem” as the capital for the “Palestinian Olympic team” while leaving Israel listed without a capital.

After Israel and Jews around the world complained, the BBC partly corrected its mistake and stated that Israel’s “seat of government is Jerusalem” while still omitting Jerusalem as the capital. Continue Reading »

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| July 25, 2012
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Olympic training camp has no security for Israeli swimmers

Olympic Team holds training camp in England with no security on site. Israeli officials are refusing to take responsibility.

By Nadav Zenziper

 

 

On the background of the Burgas terror attack and with reports in the global media claiming that security around the Israeli Olympic representatives would be increased, it has been revealed that the Israeli swimmers who have been training in the borough of Corby over the last few days did not receive a security detail.

Yedioth Ahronoth decided not to publish the incident for security reasons so long as no security measures were in place for the swimmers. Continue Reading »

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| July 24, 2012
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Iranian Athletes Vow to Compete against the Israelis

Iranian athletes are willing to uphold the Olympics principles promising not to boycott competitions with Israelis, despite having done so in the past.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Iranian athletes have vowed to uphold the Olympics principles and not boycott competition with Israelis, despite having done so so in the past.

British Army soldiers raise the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Olympic Villag

British Army soldiers raise the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Olympic Village – Photo: Reuters

Despite past boycotts, Iranian Olympics official Bahram Afsharzadeh insisted this week that the country’s athletes will be “faithful to sport” and not walk on competitions involving Israelis.

He said Iranian athletes have signed a pledge, backed by the United Nations, to leave hostilities outside of the Games. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2012
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Israel rejects a Sunday Times report of anti-terror hit-team at Olympics

According to the newsreport, Israel has increased its security around its Olympic delegation in the wake of deadly Burgas suicide attack .

By Haaretz Staff and Agencies

 

Israel on Sunday said it was vigilant ahead of the Olympic Games in London but denied a report in Britain’s Sunday Times that it had sent a team to hunt down militants preparing an attack on its athletes.

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A worker makes final adjustments ahead of the 2012 Olympic and Games, in London,- Photo by AP

 

“There is definitely vigilance in terms of intelligence and operationally ahead of the Olympic Games,” Defense Minister Ehud Barak told reporters. Continue Reading »

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| July 23, 2012
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Bob Costas of NBC Sportsc to Recognize the Slain Israeli Athletes on Air

NBC sportscaster Bob Costas will hold moment of silence for the 11 slain Israeli athletes.

By Rachel Hirshfeld

 

NBC sportscaster Bob Costas plans to call out the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for denying Israel’s request for a moment of silence acknowledging the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Games.

Costas intends to make his remarks as the Israeli delegation enters the 80,000-seat Olympic Stadium for the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre.

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US President George W. Bush speaks with Bob Costas of NBC Sports during an interview “while attending the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

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| July 22, 2012
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IOC Decision : No moment of silence at Olympic Games

IOC president rejects pleas for official commemoration of ’72 Munich Olympic Games killings, at London curtain raiser.

By REUTERS

 

LONDON – The IOC has ruled out marking the 40th anniversary of the Munich massacre at the London Olympics opening ceremony but will visit the airfield where some Israeli team members were killed, it said on Saturday.

11 Israeli athletes killed in 1972 Munich attack

11 Israeli athletes killed in 1972 Munich attack – Photo: REUTERS/Handout

International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge rejected calls for an official commemoration of the 1972 Munich Games attack during Friday’s curtain raiser, a standing request of the families of the 11 Israeli Olympic team members who died. Continue Reading »

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| July 22, 2012
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Al-Qaida is planning to crash U.S. airline during the London Olympics, reports Sunday Times.

In a Sunday Times report, a Norwegian that was trained in Yemen plans to crash a plane on a suicide mission; British authorities say there is a shortage of trained personnel to carry out security screenings.

 

The al-Qaida branch in the Arabian Peninsula is believed to be planning a terror attack during the Olympic Games in London, scheduled to begin at the end of the month. According to a report in today’s Sunday Times, quoting intelligence services, the organization has recruited a Norwegian Muslim convert who was supposed to hijack a U.S. passenger plane and crash it on a suicide mission.

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| July 20, 2012
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BBC finnaly lists Israel’s capital as Jerusalem after receiving complaints

No capital was listed on BBC’s Israel Olympic country profile, whereas East Jerusalem was listed for Palestine.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark Regev sent a letter to the Director of the BBC’s Bureau in Israel, Paul Danahar on Thursday after the BBC Sport page failed to identify Israel’s capital city as Jerusalem.

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BBC Satellite antenna – Photo: Reuters

 

Until Wednesday afternoon, the page offering information about the Palestinian Olympic team referred to its capital as ‘East Jerusalem’, but the equivalent page for Israel made no mention of a capital city at all.

In the letter, Regev commented that he is “dismayed by the BBC’s decision to discriminate against Israel”. Continue Reading »

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| July 17, 2012
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Muslims Forbid the IOC from Honoring Murdered Jewish Olympians

Olympics official admits that Muslims blocked one-minute silence for the 11 murdered Israeli athletes, one of the widows reported.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

An Olympics official admitted that Muslim countries blocked the “One-Minute of Silence” campaign to honor the 11 murdered Israeli athletes, one of the widows said.

Olympics stadium in London - no time to remeber murdered Israeli athletes

Olympics stadium in London – no time to remember murdered Israeli athletes – Reuters

Ankie Spitzer, whose husband Andre was one of the athletes massacred in the Munich Games n 1972, told the European Jewish Press that Jacques Rogge, president of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, told her  that his “hands were tied” by the admission of 46 Arab and Muslim members to the International Olympic Committee. Continue Reading »

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| July 11, 2012
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Israel at the 2012 Olympic Games

The following programs are a special project of iMMERSE, a joint initiative of the iCenter and ISRAEL21c and will be implemented at Jewish summer camps, synagogues, youth groups, and schools across the United States. ISRAEL21c’s full coverage of the 2012 Olympic team can be found at http://olympics.israel21c.org/ . 

 

 

VIDEO SPOTLIGHT OF ISRAELI OLYMPIANS

 

Opening Ceremony

Program Idea #1: Ayze hu gibor: Who is a Hero?

Aizeh hu gibor? Ha’oseh soneh ohavo. Who is a true hero? The one who turns an enemy into a friend. (Avot d’rabbi Natan, chapter 23)

Aizeh hu gibor? Ha’kovesh et yitzro. Continue Reading »

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| July 10, 2012
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Israel’s No. 1 handcyclist heads to the Paralympics

 

How an overweight high-tech exec got to be an athletic powerhouse despite two devastating accidents.

 

Until a crippling motorcycle accident in 1999, Israeli high-tech exec Nati Gruberg was a paunchy couch potato. In August, he’ll be one of three Israeli handcyclists among 4,200 athletes from 160 nations heading to the London Paralympic Games.

Nati Gruberg is the top handcyclist in Israel.

Nati Gruberg is the top handcyclist in Israel.

It’s easy to pick out Gruberg from other cyclists rounding the trail at Tel Aviv’s Ganei Yehoshua Park. His muscular arms power a custom-fitted German handcycle as his barefoot legs stay tucked beneath him. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2012
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London Police Nab Female Terrorist Suspect

London police have arrested a female terrorist suspect, the seventh caught in a sting operation carried out last week. No identity released.

By Chana Ya’ar

 

London police have arrested a female suspected terrorist, the seventh in a sting operation carried out last week.

London commuters, Tower Bridge in background

London commuters, Tower Bridge in background
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The 22-year-old woman was taken into custody on Saturday morning on suspicion of committing, preparing or instigating terrorism.

Five men and another woman ages 18 to 30 were picked up in London last Thursday on similar charges, according to CNN. None of the nationalities or ethnic identities of the suspects were released. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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Lord Coe to hold ‘personal’ memorial to Israeli Olympic victims

A memorial for the 11 athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Olympics by Palestinian terrorists is unlikely to form part of the London 2012 opening ceremony

 

Lord Coe, chairman of the London Organizing Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games, has said he will hold a “personal” memorial for Israeli athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Games during the opening ceremony in London.

A memorial for the 11 athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Olympics by Palestinian terrorists is unlikely to form part of the London 2012 opening ceremony

A memorial for the 11 athletes killed at the Munich 1972 Olympics by Palestinian terrorists is unlikely to form part of the London 2012 opening ceremony

He told staff at the capital’s City Hall that he would mark the anniversary during a “personal moment”. Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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As London’s Jews prepare for Olympics, Munich 11 on their minds

Jewish communities are preparing memorials remembering 40 years since the murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Games

By Miriam Shaviv

 

LONDON (JTA) — For the British Jewish community, the most memorable moment of the London Olympics may be a somber one.

On Aug. 6, several hundred people are expected to attend a commemoration for the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics.

The Tower Bridge in London, decorated with the five Olympic rings in preparation for the 2012 Summer Games, June 2012. (Iain Farrell via CC))

“From conversations across the community, the key thing people are engaged in around the Olympics is that they want to see a commemoration of Munich,” said Peter Mason, director of the London Jewish Forum. Continue Reading »

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