«... "Unfortunately, this response is unacceptable as it rejects the central principles of global fraternity on which the Olympic ideal is supposed to rest," Ayalon said in a statement Thursday. "The terrorist murders of the Israeli athletes were not just an attack on people because of their nationality and religion; it was an attack on the Olympic Games and the international community. Thus it is necessary for the Olympic Games as a whole to commemorate this event in the open rather than only in a side event."
On Sept. 5, 1972, eight Palestinian militants belonging to the Black September group broke into a dormitory at the Olympic village where Israeli athletes and coaches were sleeping and took them hostage. .....»
NYT: I.O.C. Rejects Israeli Request
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/sports/olympics/ioc-rejects-israeli-request-for-moment-of-silence-at-london-games.xml
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I was actually back in Toronto visiting Ner Israel during Yamim Nora'im when these tragic events unfolded in 1972.
Shalom and Regards,
RRW
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