The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/munich-games/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:57:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Munich Games | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/munich-games/ 32 32 The unflappable commander: Amnon Lipkin-Shahak’s battle in Beirut https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-unflappable-commander-amnon-lipkin-shahaks-battle-in-beirut/ Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:22:16 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=317842 Under fire in the Lebanese capital in 1973, with one man dead and another dying, the IDF chief who passed away on Wednesday nonetheless completed his mission -- and won the second of 'the medals they give you when something's gone wrong'

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]]> NBC sportscaster to mark Munich 11 https://www.timesofisrael.com/nbc-sportscaster-to-mark-munich-massacre-at-london-olympics/ Thu, 19 Jul 2012 19:51:46 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=167602 Bob Costas intends to point out rejection of minute of silence in memory of murdered athletes when Israeli team enters the Olympic stadium

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]]> Ankie Spitzer’s 40-year quest for Olympic justice https://www.timesofisrael.com/ankie-spitzers-40-year-old-quest-for-justice-from-the-ioc/ Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:52:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=159050 Her husband, Israel's fencing coach, was murdered at the Olympics, as an Olympian. His widow will never relent until the Olympic authorities commemorate him and Israel's 10 other Munich 1972 massacre victims within the Olympic framework. In London this month, anti-Semitism and greed, she says, will continue to thwart that moral obligation

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