53 Years Since Munich: We Must Never Forget
On this day, 5 September 1972, at the Munich Olympics in West Germany, the world witnessed one of the darkest moments in sporting history. Eleven Israeli 🇮🇱 athletes and coaches were brutally murdered by Palestinian terrorists in an attack that shocked the world and forever scarred the Olympic movement.
The massacre, known as the Munich Massacre, was carried out by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. What should have been a celebration of unity, athleticism, and peace was turned into a stage of unimaginable horror.
53 years later, we must never forget. We must not allow time to dull the truth of where this hatred came from, or where it still persists.
The same violent ideology that massacred innocent Israelis in Munich continues to manifest in terrorism directed at the Jewish people and the State of Israel. This is not history frozen in the past; it is a warning that echoes into today.
The Olympics is meant to be a symbol of what humanity can achieve when we come together: sport as the great equaliser, transcending language, race, and borders. It is where young men and women should chase their dreams in freedom, not where lives are stolen by hatred.
Let us remember the innocent victims of terrorism. Let us honour their lives by speaking truth without fear, by naming the evil that sought to extinguish them, and by insisting that sport and freedom remain untouchable by those who trade only in death and destruction.
May their memory be a blessing, always 🕊️🇮🇱🙏🏾✡️
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