Germany marks 40 years since Munich massacre

The Bavarian state government held memorial services on Wednesday in Munich and at the Air Base, where Black September terrorists on September 5, 1972, attacked Israeli Olympic sportsmen. The Palestinian attack resulted in the murders of 11 Israelis and a German police officer.

 Bavarski vlada je  u srijedu održala memorijal,  u Minhenu i u Zraćnoj bazi Fürstenfeldbruck ,gdje su 5.rujna 1972. napadnuti izraelski olimpijski sportaši. Napad Palestinaca je rezultirao ubistvom 11 Izraelaca i njemačkog policijskog oficira.,

Potpredsjednik Silvan Shalom je doputovao u južnu Njemačku zajedno sa Izraelskom delegacijom od 21 člana u kojoj su bile udovice i članovi obitelji izraelskih žrtava masakra. Nosio je plavi Kipa i govorio o nastavku terorizma,   u vezi sa napadom u Bugarskoj,  u kojoj je bomba samoubice ubila 5 izraelskih turista i vozača, te u posljednje vrijeme  napadima  u Indiji, Georgiji, Cipru i Tajlandu.

Shalom laid the blame for this squarely on the Islamic Republic. “Iran and its leaders are spreading the terror across the world and denying the Holocaust....

Germany permits Hezbollah to function as a legal political organization. According to the country’s domestic intelligence agency, Hezbollah has 950 members in the Federal Republic. The administration ofAngela Merkel, which includes Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich, has refused to ban the group....

The International Olympic Committee refused to allow a moment of silence for the 40-year commemoration of the massacre at the London Games in July. ...

Dr. Dieter Graumann, head of Germany’s Central Council of Jews, sharply criticized the German security apparatus for the “catastrophe” and said that up until today there has been no responsibility or reflection on the part of the government...

British Foreign Minister William Hague said on Wednesday : “The terrorist attack at Munich, which cost the lives of 11 innocent Israeli athletes and officials, was a shocking act of evil which betrayed everything the Olympic movement stands for.

“On today’s sad anniversary we pay tribute to their memory and reiterate our determination to confront terrorism and stand with the victims of terrorism wherever it may occur,”   Hague said.