Eliot Engel: “In 1972, Palestinian terrorists broke into the Israeli Olympic…”

On the recordJuly 26, 2012

In 1972, Palestinian terrorists broke into the Israeli Olympic compound and murdered, in cold blood, 11 Israeli athletes. In the 40 years since, shamefully, the International Olympic Committee has refused to have a minute of silence to commemorate these 11 martyrs. They have rejected it time and time again. And tomorrow, the Olympic Games are starting in London, and they have rejected it again, shamefully. So I will use the rest of my 1-minute to do a moment of silence for the 11 Israeli athletes who lost their lives at the 1972 Olympic Games. ____________________

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Eliot Engel

Democratic · New York

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Jul 26, 2012

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