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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 621

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks at a ceremony to pay tribute to the 11 Israeli victims in the Munich 1972 Olympics massacre, at the Israeli Embassy in Paris on August 6, 2024.(STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
August 6, 2024, 8:35 pm
At Munich victims’ memorial, Olympic chief says Games still embody ‘culture of peace’
Thomas Bach says murder of 11 Israelis at 1972 Games is ‘the darkest day in Olympic history’; Israeli Olympic head Yael Arad: Still today ‘it is not easy to be an Israeli athlete’
By Amy Spiro
Athletes of Team Palestine wave flags on the athletes' parade team boat along the River Seine during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Michael Reaves / POOL / AFP)
July 28, 2024, 8:04 am
Palestinian Olympian wears shirt showing planes bombing children at opening ceremony
Shirt cleared with IOC despite political messages being banned from game events; meanwhile, Israeli athletes forbidden from wearing yellow ribbon for hostages
By AFP and ToI Staff
International Olympic Committe (IOC) President Thomas Bach delivers a speech on the first day of the 142nd IOC Session, three days ahead of the start of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in Paris on July 23, 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 10:55 pm
IOC president stresses neutrality after Palestinians request Olympic ban on Israel
French President Macron says Israeli athletes are ‘welcome’ in France, rejects calls to boycott Jewish state from Games
By AFP
A tourist chariot passes in front of a banner calling for the Israeli team to be banned from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, installed by the pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters in Jakarta on July 21, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 8:46 pm
IOC hears Palestinian request to ban Israel from Olympics over war in Gaza
Palestine Olympic Committee says some 400 athletes killed, others denied safe passage from Gaza due to ongoing war; call likely to be rejected
By AFP and ToI Staff
Youth gather at Paris City Hall where a Paris 2024 Olympic sign is displayed in Paris, March 5, 2024. (Michel Euler/AP)
March 6, 2024, 10:22 pm
Olympics chief: ‘No question’ Israel can compete in upcoming Paris games
Thomas Bach says Israeli team’s status not in question, after calls by pro-Palestinian activists and Russia to exclude Jewish state from July’s tournament over war in Gaza
By AP and ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog addresses an event in Tel Aviv marking 50 years since the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes and a West German police officer were killed by Palestinian terrorists, September 21, 2022. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
September 21, 2022, 9:50 pm
Speaking at Munich Massacre memorial, Herzog draws parallel to present-day terror
President promises Israel will persist in fight against terrorism; International Olympic Committee head Thomas Bach calls 1972 attack one of the ‘darkest days in Olympic history’
By Michael Horovitz and AP
Flag bearers walk into the stadium for the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
February 24, 2022, 5:32 pm
IOC condemns Russia for violating ‘Olympic Truce’ with Ukraine invasion
Organization notes 193 UN member states agreed to global armistice from February 4 to March 13 during Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games
By AFP
In this December 3, 2018, file photo, residents line up inside the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center which has previously been revealed by leaked documents to be a forced indoctrination camp at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. (AP/Ng Han Guan, File)
December 19, 2020, 1:09 pm
Olympic Committee accused of ignoring human rights for 2022 Beijing Games
Groups speaking for Tibetans, Uighurs and others representing Hong Kong say international body has ‘turned a blind eye’ to systematic violations
By Stephen Wade
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends a press conference closing an Olympic session in Lausanne, on January 11, 2020. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)
March 22, 2020, 11:22 pm
International Olympic Committee admits postponing Tokyo games is an option
IOC chief Thomas Bach insists cancellation ‘not on the agenda’; decision expected within 4 weeks, amid mounting pressure from national federations to announce delay
By Eric BERNAUDEAU
Israel’s Youth Olympic team visits the rebuilt headquarters of the AMIA Jeiwsh center in Buenos Aires on October 19, 2018. (Courtesy/Israeli embassy Buenos Aires)
October 21, 2018, 8:16 pm
Israel’s Youth Olympic team brings home 3 medals
Athletes win gold and bronze in swimming, along with a paired silver in acrobatic gymnastics
By JTA
Shaul Ladany in his suburban Beersheba home with a prized piece of his Theodor Herzl collection, left. (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)
August 20, 2016, 4:45 am
At 80, a Munich Olympics and Holocaust survivor is still the sportsman
Shaul Ladany, a racewalker who holds a world record, welcomes IOC’s official memorial for his 11 teammates who were killed by terrorists at 1972 games
By Hillel Kuttler
United States' Sam Dorman takes part in a training session at the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
August 6, 2016, 2:51 pm
Olympic spectacle gives way to chase for gold
First medals up for grabs Saturday as athletes begin to compete in shooting, swimming, cycling, judo and more
By Rob Woollard
Israel's flagbearer Neta Rivkin leads her delegation during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5, 2016. (AFP / PEDRO UGARTE)
August 6, 2016, 3:48 am
Glittering ceremony launches Rio Olympics
Under the gaze of Christ the Redeemer statue, 78,000 people pack into Maracana Stadium to watch four-hour party
By Rob Woollard
IOC President Thomas Bach embraces Ilana Romano, right, and Ankie Spitzer, widows of Israeli Olympic athletes killed by Palestinian gunmen at the 1972 Munich Olympics, during the inauguration of a memorial in their husbands' honor, ahead of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016. (AP Photo/Edgard Garrido, Pool)
August 4, 2016, 7:04 pm
IOC honors Israelis slain in terror attack at 1972 Olympics
Widow of one of the 11 athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists at Munich Games says tribute brings ‘closure’
By AP
Performers recreate the ring that did not open during the opening ceremony during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia (photo credit: AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
February 23, 2014, 8:40 pm
Israel exits Olympics cold as Sochi closes
Major sports event comes to an end with magnificent ceremony; Israel brings home no medals
By AP and ToI Staff
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