Posted on 07/29/2012 1:11:47 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Italian Olympic team at the London Olympic Games made a noble gesture Sunday and stood in silence outside the quarters of the Israeli team, in memory of the 11 athletes slain in the Munich Olympics 40 years ago, Voice of Israel radio reported Sunday.
About 30 Italians were present at the ceremony, including Italy's Minister of Sport, the heads of the Italian Olympic Committee and athletes. Israeli Olympic Committee head Tzvi Varshaviak and Olympic delegation leader Efraim Zinger also took part.
According to an unverified report on the internet, the pilot and crew of a British airliner headed for Israel Thursday did what the Olympics Committee refused to do, and observed a moment of silence in memory of the Israel athletes murdered in Munich in 1972.
The "USA Stands with Israel" Facebook page, with over 10,000 subscribers, reported that the heartwarming gesture was made by a pilot for EasyJet, on a flight headed from the firm's home base of Luton, England, to Tel Aviv.
"The pilot came on the intercom and informed the passengers that the crew will be observing a minute of silence as they fly over Munich and he invited the passengers to join them in remembering the Israeli sportsmen who were murdered there at the Olympic Games 40 years ago," according to the report.
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Good on them and God bless... The Olympics’ committee have become PC and afraid to offend, at least those whom they hold dear... and GB is soo far to the left that even their conservatives are left of center.
Looks like I know where I will be spending my vacation money next.
Hopefully there will be more expressions of solidarity.
Great food and hot women.
They’re afraid to offend those who riot and plant bombs. Since Israel won’t do that, our a*& is grass. Note to Basques, Irish, Ruthenians, Kurds, all other minorities in the world: Terrorism pays. Bomb something and the world respects you. Play nice and they wipe their a@# on you. Let the chaos begin.
Forza Italia!
We were looking for excuse to go back to Italy, God Bless them. Italy is a beautiful country with beautiful people.
A group of Catholics pausing to remember a group of Jews.
God bless them.
I tell you folks, those of us who are in the West must stand with Israel...and yes, there are a few Muslims who are willing to do that, too. But for the most part, the Jews are facing a very dangerous enemy and they are facing the same enemy that hates America (and Great Britain and most of Europe).
The difference, and it is a great one, is that America and Israel still has a *glimmer* of the Judeo-Christian ethic...we must pray for a revival, a spiritual one, of that religion and ethic in our nation.
Without a spiritual revival, the ethic will die. And so will the West.
We can’t pray for a revival for a mere political purpose, we pray for a revival of a the spirit, for people’s hearts and minds to change...
A group of Catholics pausing to remember a group of Jews.
God bless them.
I tell you folks, those of us who are in the West must stand with Israel...and yes, there are a few Muslims who are willing to do that, too. But for the most part, the Jews are facing a very dangerous enemy and they are facing the same enemy that hates America (and Great Britain and most of Europe).
The difference, and it is a great one, is that America and Israel still has a *glimmer* of the Judeo-Christian ethic...we must pray for a revival, a spiritual one, of that religion and ethic in our nation.
Without a spiritual revival, the ethic will die. And so will the West.
We can’t pray for a revival for a mere political purpose, we pray for a revival of a the spirit, for people’s hearts and minds to change...
Vacation in Italy ! Yes! (But what’s that about fast women and cars?!??? All I was thinking about was old statues and museums. (Wonder why my social life’s so boring?)
I’ll make a deal with you. You can have the statues and the museums, and I get the fast women and cars...deal? :) 50/50 on the food.
I never get the prizes on “ebay” either. Alas.
Awesomely fine. Good on you, Italy! I hope you were standing on the IOC dhimmi flag when you did it, too.
A very profound gesture that the British athletes - never mind the London Olympics organizers- as hosts should have done on the first day...
the british, at least rhe english, have turned into a country of wussies (sp?)
Love the posts here. (Italy has more and better than the rest of the entire world—history, art, architecture, music, scenery, food, fashion. England’s got literature.)
Is the USA contemplating anything similar?
“the british, at least rhe english, have turned into a country of wussies (sp?)”
I don’t recall a tribute to the munich dead at the Atlanta or LA olympic ceremonies. Does that make Americans wussies too?
I don’t recall the Isrealis asking for one during those events. If they had I’m certain it would have been honored and not dismissed out of hand like the pansy ass Brits did.
Now if you can produce some evidence that the Israelis asked for a moment of silence during those events and were rejected out of hand for fear of “offending” a bunch of murderous psychopaths like our formerly proud and brave British just did cousins did I invite you to produce it.
Until then live with your shame in silence.
This is the 40th anniversary. Supposedly adds symbolic significance...
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