The ability of competition to help mediate political conflict is a powerful force. Often times in the international arena we are able to witness athletes from varying nations, often ones who are hostile to one another, come together and achieve a temporary peace when competing in sporting events. This is...
45 Years Later, Munich Massacre Victims Receive Memorial
Today in Munich, a permanent memorial was inaugurated for the 11 Israeli Olympics athletes who were murdered by the Black September Palestinian terror group at the Munich Olympic Games on September 5th, 1972. Memorial for Israeli athletes at 1972 Olympic massacre in Munich opened today, keeping alive the memory of...
Israel’s First Olympic Gold Medal
This month marks the 12th anniversary of Gal Fridman becoming the first Israeli ever to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games. Gal Fridman, an Israeli Olympic sailor, competed in the Mistral sailing event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. The event includes 11 races. Gal won the...
Munich Massacre Commemorated As Anti-Semitism at Olympics Continues
44 years ago on September 5th, at the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany, the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took hostage and murdered 11 members of the Israeli Olympic Team. If the German government and their rescue team had worked succinctly and responsibly, the captured Israelis could have been saved, rather than murdered....
Words I Never Said: Thoughts from a Recent Graduate
Contributed by Chloé Valdary, a consultant at CAMERA. This piece has been republished in the Algemeiner. To the keffiyeh-wearing, American-born university student who insists on lamenting a piece of property lost over sixty years ago: While you are excellent at competing in the apparently never-ending Oppression Olympics, (and while yours truly...
