We need Obama to urge the International Olympic Committee to make this remembrance possible. At the 1972 Olympic games in Munich, eight members of a Palestinian group called Black September snuck into the Olympic Village and took the athletes hostage. They demanded the release of 234 Palestinians in Israeli prisons for the hostages. Prime Minister Golda Meir refused this offer and continued to negotiate. A few days later the group proceeded in killing all of the captured athletes. The IOC has not recognized these slain athletes in a games to this day. This is a shame to the IOC and should be changed.



