The Israel Olympic Committee also celebrated today (Tuesday) as every year for the past 49 years, the memorial service for the 11th of Munich. The murder of the athletes when they stood in a minute of silence at the Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital.
Minister of Culture and Sports Hili Trooper said during the ceremony: "49 years ago there was a rift and the past years did not heal it. I recently got to know Anki Spitzer and Ilana Romano and saw how very personal the rift is. But there was also a national rift. Encountered indifferent public opinion in the world.Sports became part of the bloodstream.The poor attempt to push the event so as not to hurt the Olympics then in 1972 added sin to crime.For the first time in Tokyo ended many years of disgrace.We did not forget and will not forget our loved ones.They were our messengers "On German soil and Israel does not forget its sons. This event here says a lot about the Israeli society that knows how to remember and we invited Thomas Bach to be a guest next year at the Jubilee Memorial in memory of the murdered."
Families of the murdered, today during the ceremony, Udi quoted
The chairman of the Israeli Olympic Committee, Yigal Carmi: "49 years have passed but the feeling of sadness and loss does not let up. The murder has become historic. I do not understand to this day why the World Olympic Committee refused to make the murder part of its legacy. "The widows Anki Spitzer and Ilana Romano set themselves the goal of breaking all the walls. They no longer believed it would happen but the turning point was at the 2012 London Olympics where Anki and Ilana hurled harsh words at the listeners."
Carmi added: "Thomas Bach set himself the goal of changing things. It started with an exciting ceremony in the Olympic Village in Rio and continued in Tokyo with the surprise that awaited us there. "We thank Thomas Bach. The State of Israel will express its gratitude and appreciation to this dear man. Today at the monument I tell Anki and Ilana that your long journey is over."
