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| Muslims stopped IOC from honoring slain Israeli athletes |
| 2012-07-18 |
| An Olympics official said that Muslim countries blocked the "One-Minute of Silence" campaign to honor the 11 slain Israeli athletes, one of the widows said. Ankie Spitzer, whose husband Andre was one of the athletes slaughtered during the 1972 Munich Games, told the European Jewish Press that Jacques Rogge, president of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, told her that his “hands were tied” by the admission of 46 Arab and Muslim members to the International Olympic Committee. She replied, “My husband’s hands were tied, not yours.” Spitzer has been conducting an uphill battle to convince the International Olympics Committee to remember the murdered athletes with a minute of silence before the opening of the Games in London next week. It has never yet done so since the murders 40 years ago. Spitzer received support for her effort from several countries, including the United States, Britain, Australia, Belgium and Germany. A letter appealing for the minute of silence was signed by 140 Italian legislators. Spitzer called the Olympics “a corrupt organization, led by greed rather than the Olympic spirit," and added, “The IOC’s refusal is pure discrimination – greed and anti-Semitism.” |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 “a corrupt organization, led by greed rather than the Olympic spirit," The IOC is the UN of sports. |
| Posted by: Spot 2012-07-18 07:43 |
| #1 She replied, "My husband's hands were tied, not yours." Oooooh. Get some, lady. I'll bet Jacques spit his Hennessey all over his two thousand dollar suit... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-07-18 01:48 |