The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/black-september/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:11:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Black September | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/black-september/ 32 32 ‘September 5’ focuses on news, not Jews, in dramatizing 1972 Munich attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/september-5-focuses-on-news-not-jews-in-dramatizing-1972-munich-attack/ Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:27:34 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3439449 New film about massacre of Israeli athletes at Olympic Games offers different perspective than Spielberg's 'Munich,' concentrates on media coverage of globally live-streamed attack

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]]> On anniversary of 1970 Black September hijacking, six survivors on life after captivity https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-anniversary-of-1970-black-september-hijacking-six-survivors-on-life-after-captivity/ Sat, 07 Sep 2024 12:40:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3306426 As Hamas continues to hold 97 hostages kidnapped on October 7, marking the September 6 PFLP terror group's takeover of four planes paints new wounds in an old light

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]]> Adidas ‘revising’ campaign for 1972 Munich Olympics shoe that features Bella Hadid https://www.timesofisrael.com/adidas-revising-campaign-for-1972-munich-olympics-shoe-that-features-bella-hadid/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:38:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3334976 Protests after firm picks model with 'history of spreading antisemitism, calling for violence' to promote shoe design from games where 11 Israelis died in Palestinian terror massacre

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]]> Ex-Mossad deputy head: ‘Unrealistic’ to say Iran didn’t know of Hamas’s Oct. 7 plans https://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-mossad-deputy-head-unrealistic-to-say-iran-didnt-know-of-hamass-oct-7-plans/ Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:32:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3152097 Udi Lavi says top priority of war should be return of hostages; says Hamas leaders can be hunted down in coming months, like Black September terrorists

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]]> Trauma revisited: Historian reconstructs her week aboard a hijacked jet in Jordan https://www.timesofisrael.com/trauma-revisited-historian-reconstructs-her-week-aboard-a-hijacked-jet-in-jordan/ Wed, 07 Jun 2023 13:23:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3027692 For close to 50 years, Martha Hodes buried memories of being on a plane hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in 1970 - until she decided to uncover all she could about the ordeal

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]]> ‘The hostages are dead’: How Munich Olympics massacre was reported 50 years ago https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-hostages-are-dead-how-munich-olympics-massacre-was-reported-50-years-ago/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:46:39 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2828826 False reports initially said Israeli athletes had been freed; but then reporters ran into Munich's distraught mayor and learned of the botched police operation

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]]> In call with Lapid, German leader again condemns Abbas ‘holocausts’ remarks https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-call-with-lapid-german-leader-again-condemns-abbas-holocausts-remarks/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:08:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2820722&preview=true&preview_id=2820722 Olaf Scholz tells PM it was important to personally decry PA president's allegation; Lapid urges Europe to stop letting Iran drag its feet in nuclear talks

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]]> German president mulling Israel visit amid Munich 50th anniversary boycott https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-president-mulling-israel-visit-amid-munich-50th-anniversary-boycott/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:33:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2820558 Feud with families of those killed in 1972 massacre exacerbated by Abbas 'holocausts' comment during press conference with German chancellor

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]]> Bavaria releases all unpublished files on Munich Olympics massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/bavaria-releases-all-unpublished-files-on-munich-olympics-massacre/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:27:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2774254 Complaints about persistent secrecy had threatened to overshadow planned memorial event for 50th anniversary of attack

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]]> PA daily and Fatah Facebook page eulogize Munich terror mastermind as role model https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-daily-and-fatah-facebook-page-eulogize-munich-terror-mastermind-as-role-model/ Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:06:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2478363 Semi-official Fatah account calls Ali Hassan Salameh 'a beacon on the path to liberation'; official PA newspaper hails a 'martyr' and 'skilled leader' in memorial article

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]]> Still going strong, Israeli athlete, 84, recalls surviving 1972 Olympic massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/still-going-strong-israeli-athlete-84-recalls-surviving-1972-olympic-massacre/ Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:11:55 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2364130 Race-walker Shaul Ladany was awoken by a roommate, as Palestinian terrorists tried to round up team members, in notorious Munich assault, managed to escape

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]]> Theresa Khalsa, hijacker of 1972 Sabena flight to Tel Aviv, dies at 65 https://www.timesofisrael.com/theresa-khalsa-hijacker-of-1972-sabena-flight-to-tel-aviv-dies-at-65/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 17:14:57 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2270413&preview=true&preview_id=2270413 Netanyahu was injured when fellow soldier struck Khalsa and his weapon discharged as commandos stormed plane; she had been released in prisoner deal after First Lebanon War

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]]> The top Mossad spy who befriended his terrorist target — then had him killed https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-top-mossad-spy-who-befriended-his-terrorist-target-then-had-him-killed/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 04:30:45 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2207420 When Agent D was sent to follow the Munich massacre's architect, he was ordered not to make contact. He broke that rule, and then some: Salameh 'was a friend -- and a mortal enemy'

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]]> Father of California Republican smears son’s opponent as terror threat https://www.timesofisrael.com/father-of-california-republican-smears-sons-opponent-as-terror-threat/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:43:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1944082 Former congressman Duncan Hunter Sr. shows photo of Ammar Campa-Najjar with his father, a former PLO member; Campa-Najjar: 'I don't need my dad to stand here to fight my battles'

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]]> Striking back at Netanyahu, Corbyn says Israel killed ‘dozens’ of Gaza kids https://www.timesofisrael.com/striking-back-at-netanyahu-corbyn-says-israel-killed-dozens-of-gaza-kids/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:57:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1908077&preview=true&preview_id=1908077 UK Labour chief rebuffs PM's criticism of him for honoring terrorists by attacking both IDF and nation-state law; no response from Jerusalem

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