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For first time, Olympics opening ceremony honors Israeli athletes murdered in Munich

JL;DR SUMMARY During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, a moment of silence was observed for the first time during the opening ceremony to honor the 11 Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Games by the Palestinian group Black September. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Palestinian TerrorismCommemorationOlympicsBlack SeptemberIsraeli AthletesIocTokyo 2020Munich MassacreAnkie SpitzerIlana Romano

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Tokyo, Japan
"The emperor of Japan, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach and others stand for a moment of silence during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games."
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"For the first time ever, the Olympic Games held a moment of silence during the opening ceremony for the 11 Israeli athletes murdered during the Munich Olympics in 1972."
Athens, Attica, Greece
"a small memorial was held at the Israeli ambassadors house in Athens before the Olympics there."
London, United Kingdom
"In 2012, ahead of the London Olympics, the IOC rejected an international campaign for a moment of silence."
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"Ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, the first official Olympic ceremony was held to honor the victims but not during the opening ceremony; instead, it was held two days before."

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