The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yossef-romano/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:07:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Yossef Romano | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/yossef-romano/ 32 32 Families of Munich Olympic victims said close to compensation deal with Germany https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-of-munich-olympic-victims-said-close-to-compensation-deal-with-germany/ Tue, 30 Aug 2022 13:50:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2827177&preview=true&preview_id=2827177 Agreement could pave the way for family members to participate in upcoming 50th anniversary memorial ceremony after earlier vows to boycott over payment dispute

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]]> Families of Munich Olympics victims vow to boycott memorial over compensation battle https://www.timesofisrael.com/families-of-munich-olympics-victims-vow-to-boycott-memorial-over-compensation-battle/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:22:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2816799 Ankie Spitzer, wife of murdered fencing coach Andre Spitzer, calls on President Herzog to also stay away from 50th-anniversary event, citing German government's 'degrading' offer

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]]> PLO terrorists castrated Israeli hostage in 1972 Munich Olympic attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/plo-terrorists-castrated-israeli-hostage-in-1972-olympic-attack/ Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:16:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1294790 Widows of victims say weightlifter Yossef Romano was shot, dismembered and left to die in front of other hostages

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]]> Is Alex Gilady the villain in the minute of silence defeat? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-alex-gilady-the-villain-in-the-minute-of-silence-defeat/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 11:23:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=187110 As the International Olympic Committee's only Israeli, some claim his refusal to support the Munich 11's opening ceremony memorial carried disproportionate weight

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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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