Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Israel at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Israel competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, which began on August 26. On September 5 and 6, in the Munich massacre, 11 members of the Israeli delegation—5 athletes, 2 referees, and 4 coaches—were taken hostage by Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists and murdered. The remainder of the team left Munich on September 7. Shaul Ladany, a Holocaust survivor, competed in the 50-kilometer walk. He had been imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a child, and wo
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Israel's competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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2022-08-08T03:34:58Z
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