[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MUNICH VICTIMS

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Madam Speaker, several weeks ago, my friend from New 
York, Congressman Hanna, and I sent a bipartisan letter to the 
International Olympic Committee, asking them to hold a moment of 
silence during the opening ceremonies of this year's Olympic Games in 
commemoration of the victims of the 1972 Munich massacre.
  On September 5, 1972, 2 weeks after the start of the Olympic games in 
Munich, members of a Palestinian terrorist group, Black September, 
broke into the Olympic Village. Eleven Israelis were killed in that 
massacre. Now, 40 years later, in London, we are convening another 
Olympic ceremony. We asked the International Olympic Committee to 
recognize this 40-year anniversary, and the response we got was, No.
  That is the wrong response, Madam Speaker. We, again, on a bipartisan 
basis, appealed to the International Olympic Committee in London, when 
these Olympics begin, to commemorate those Israelis who were massacred, 
which fits the ideals of the Olympics and, that is, international 
friendship and fraternity.
  Eleven lives were lost. We should remember them in London when the 
Olympics convene.

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