terroists kill eleven Israeli athletes at the 20th olympiad in Munich in 1972?

Question

why did they kill eleven Israelis?Did the terroists get away with it?any other info about it would be nice.

Answer 1

Israel and Palestine had been in a dispute with each other over ownership of land. Each thought the other did not belong there. One side would attack, the other would avenge the attack; back and forth and so on.

In 1972, Black September, an extremist faction within the Palestinian Liberation Organization(PLO) kidnapped 11 Israeli athletes in the Olympic village. To secure the release of the athletes, they demanded that Israel release 200+ violent Palestinian terrorists that had been jailed, Israel refused, and the PLO killed the hostages.
5 of 8 terrorists were killed in the shootout with police. The 3 that were captured were released by Germany when other terrorists hijacked a Lufthansa plane, and demanded the Germans release the terrorists to get the plane load of people back.

Germany also insisted the games continue as if it had not happened.

Israel attacked and killed the 3 terrorists that Germany released, and also several other terrorists connected to the group.

I was ten and looking forward to watching the Olympics on TV when this happened. I remember seeing that they had been kidnapped, then feeling so happy when they news reported (falsely) that they were released unharmed. Later that day we found out they had been murdered. A sad day.

Answer 2

I was 15 during the 72 Olympics. Such a tragic time. Munich was embarrassed ... the city was wrenched at its inability to protect the Israeli athletes. The Holocaust had been less than 30 years earlier. I think they felt extreme guilt. The movie Munich tells the story of how the Israeli secret service attempted to take out the Palestinian hostage takers.

There is no moral dilemma. The Palestinians who took the hostages were looking for a world stage and had the arrogance to believe that they could kill for their own private desires. There was nothing noble in their actions. They were seekking power. Nothing more, nothing less. If the Palestinians are such a wonderful group of people, then why don't the Syrians, Jordanians, Egyptians, etc. take them in and give them a homeland?

Answer 3

This is known as the Munich Massacre. It was organized by Yasser Arafat and financed by Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen).

At the time, the world didn't mind too much that Jews were being murdered... they just kept playing the games.

Answer 4

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