Munich attack 1972

Italian author Erri De Luca: ‘I am prepared to lose everything’ for backing Israel

Italian author Erri De Luca said he is prepared to lose everything for his convictions as he spoke about Israel, Hebrew, and Zionism.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
ERRI DE LUCA (on the screen) converses with Prof. Uri S. Cohen (seated on the right) at the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on Monday.
THE FREE University Berlin (Freie Universitaet Berlin) stands at twilight on February 07, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.

Violent assault on Jewish student in Berlin not antisemitic in motive, appeals court rules

The appeals chamber also commuted the prison sentence of the attacker to two years and six months.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
DROR KEREN as Mossad chief Zvi Zamir in ‘Band of Spies.’

'Band of Spies: A look at the Munich massacre aftermath - TV time

The series was created by Amir Mann, best known as a writer for Fauda, and it gets the Fauda treatment, following both sides, the Black September terrorists and the Mossad agents.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
THE ISRAELIS murdered in the massacre at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich: ‘We will never be able to rely on anyone for our safety besides ourselves,’ says the writer.

On this Day: 53 years since the Munich massacre

On this day in 1972, eight Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics.

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Netanyahu condemns Corbyn's homage to Munich Massacre

“The laying of a wreath by Jeremy Corbyn on the graves of the terrorists who carried out the Munich massacre and the comparison he made between Israel and Nazis deserves unequivocal condemnation."

AUGUST 13, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting, June 3, 2018

Labour leader Corbyn photographed laying wreath for Munich terrorists

In another photo, Corbyn is seen close to the grave of terrorist Atef Bseiso, intelligence chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Bseiso is also linked to the massacre.

AUGUST 12, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The new leader of Britain's opposition Labor Party Jeremy Corbyn

Grandson of Palestinian terrorist is running for congress, calls for peace

Campa-Najjar's paternal grandfather was Muhammad Yusuf al-Najjar, one of the terrorists who helped plot the Munich Massacre, which killed 11 Israelis.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018ByJOSHUA STEWART / THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
Screenshot from Ammar Campa-Najjar's campaign video

Netanyahu visits memorial for Israeli athletes murdered at 1972 Olympics

"There is significance that we are standing at the place where 11 Israeli athletes were murdered just because they were Jewish and Israeli."

FEBRUARY 18, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visit a memorial to the Israeli atheletes who were killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games

14 Days in December

Trump announced he'd move his embassy to Jerusalem sparking widespread protests in the Arab and Muslim world, and veteran Israeli news man Mickey Gurdus passed away.

DECEMBER 14, 2017BySTEVE LINDE
After signing, US President Donald Trump holds up the proclamation that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will move its embassy there, during an address from the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017.

14 Days

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit informed Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on September 8 that he plans to indict her for allegedly using public funds.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017BySTEVE LINDE
Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin(C) stand with dignitaries at the Munich Memorials.

Grapevine: True friends

You heard it first through Greer Faye Cashman's grapevine.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
President Rivlin with family members of the slain Israeli Olympians

From the Olympic village to global jihad

It was the first time an international event was hijacked by terrorists. It was not the last.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017ByLIAT COLLINS
A DEPICTION of the Munich Massacre memorial at Olympic Park in Bavaria to honor of the 11 Israeli athletes, coaches and the German police officer killed in a terrorist attack during the 1972 Games.

President Rivlin inaugurates Munich memorial for slain Israeli Olympians

45 years after the gruesome attacks, Israel's president attends the opening of the memorial dedicated to the lives of those murdered.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greets Israel's President Reuven Rivlin as they attend the opening of "The Munich 1972 Massacre Memorial" dedicated to the 1972 Olympic attack in Munich, Germany September 6, 2017.

Israel, Germany remember victims of attack on 1972 Israeli Olympic team

Members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage on September 5, 1972 by Palestinians from the Black September group at the poorly secured athletes village.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017ByREUTERS
Germany's President Frank-Walter Steinmeier greets Israel's President Reuven Rivlin as they attend the opening of "The Munich 1972 Massacre Memorial" dedicated to the 1972 Olympic attack in Munich, Germany September 6, 2017.