The widow of one of the Israeli athletes slain by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games is petitioning the International Olympic Committee to finally recognize the massacre in London this summer.
Andre Spitzer, a fencing master and coach of the Israeli Olympic team, was one of the 11 athletes and coaches taken hostage in the Olympic Village and murdered by Black September.
Ankie Spitzer says that she and other family members of the victims have been urging the IOC for 40 years to observe a minute of silence at the Games in memory of the slain Israelis.
“The families of the Munich 11 have worked for four decades to obtain recognition of the Munich massacre from the International Olympic Committee,” Spitzer says on an online petition. “We have requested a minute of silence during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics starting with the ’76 Montreal Games. Repeatedly, these requests have been turned down.”
“I have no political or religious agenda,” Spitzer adds. “Just the hope that my husband and the other men who went to the Olympics in peace, friendship and sportsmanship are given what they deserve. One minute of silence will clearly say to the world that what happened in 1972 can never happen again. Please do not let history repeat itself.”
The goal is more than 80,000 petition signatures. You can sign here.
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