The Munich Olympics massacre was the first time a terrorist incident was viewed globally during a live broadcast as it unfolded. The attack woke up Western governments to the threat of terrorism — and set the stage for future violence.
,"Radiant Munich," as the International Olympic Committee notes, symbolized"light, freshness, generosity." The event's motto was"the cheerful Games."
Black September ended up with nine hostages, after killing wrestling coach Moshe Weinberg and weightlifter Yossef Romano, who had both fought back against the attackers. "What they tried to do was negotiate their way out. That was their only recourse," Large says. But the West Germans had no way to give Black September the main thing it wanted: the release of the prisoners. Israel's prime minister, Golda Meir, said no. She told the West Germans they were responsible for getting the hostages out.
A member of Black September used a grenade to destroy one of the two helicopters that had Israeli hostages inside. The burned-out army helicopter is pictured here at Fürstenfeldbruck air base on Sept. 7, 1972.A member of Black September used a grenade to destroy one of the two helicopters that had Israeli hostages inside. The burned-out army helicopter is pictured here at Fürstenfeldbruck air base on Sept. 7, 1972.
"From start to finish, it was the first time terrorists had hijacked a televised event and turned it into their own drama," says Bruce Hoffman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who has studied terrorism for decades. PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat speaks at a plenary session of the U.N. General Assembly in November 1974, the month the United Nations granted the PLO observer status.PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat speaks at a plenary session of the U.N. General Assembly in November 1974, the month the United Nations granted the PLO observer status.Palestinians had been refugees since Israel's creation in 1948 and the wars that followed, but global powers had been largely ignoring their plight.
the organization as the"sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people" in October 1974. A month later, the United Nations gave the PLO observer status.Golda Meir, Israel's prime minister, authorized assassination squads to kill those involved in the 1972 Munich attack.Golda Meir, Israel's prime minister, authorized assassination squads to kill those involved in the 1972 Munich attack.
Accounts vary on how many people directly connected to the attack were killed by Israel. In one infamous case,"They didn't get all the culpable figures involved," though they did kill some innocent people, Large says."This was not a delicate operation on the part of Israel. And it further inflamed the extreme tensions in the Middle East."Members of Germany's GSG 9 federal-police special-forces unit are pictured in August 2022 at their training center.
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