[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 24, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               MEMORIALIZE THE DEATHS OF ISRAELI ATHLETES

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. MICHAEL R. McNULTY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 24, 1996

  Mr. McNULTY. Mr. Speaker, in 1972, 11 Israeli athletes, who came to 
Munich to participate in the Olympic games, were ruthlessly shot down 
by terrorists--as a stunned world looked on in horror.
  This despicable act was perpetrated against athletes who had come to 
Munich in the spirit of peace and brotherhood. They were returned to 
Israel in coffins.
  And yet, the International Olympic Committee refuses to officially 
recognize these 11 victims, claiming that this would be a political 
act--and that the Olympics are for the living, not for the dead. What 
on outrageous statement. It is so out of keeping with Olympic 
principles.
  I call upon the International Olympic Committee to reconsider its 
position and devote at least 1 minute to memorialize the deaths of 
these 11 athletes.

                          ____________________