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 An Israeli flag flutters in front of the Israeli consulate after German police opened fire on a suspect who appeared to be carrying a gun near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in central Munich, Germany, September 5, 2024

The Bosnian Islamic terror threat is growing amid attacks on Israeli targets

By ELDAD BECK
 The artist Mark Podwal in his studio in 2007; at left, his illustration "Munich Massacre," drawn in memory of Israeli athletes killed by Black September terrorists during the 1972 Summer Olympics, was published in the New York Times that year.

Artist and physician Mark Podwal dies at 79

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
 Consul General of Israel for Southern Germany Talya Lador-Fresher stands in front of the Israeli consulate after German police opened fire on a suspect who appeared to be carrying a gun near the Israeli consulate and a Nazi history museum in central Munich, Germany, September 5, 2024.

Gunman killed near Munich Israeli consulate on 1972 Massacre anniversary

 Sudanese president Ismail al-Azhari (R) welcomes King Faisal of Saudi Arabia to Khartoum for the fourth Arab League summit, Aug. 1967.

This week in Jewish history: Divine mercy, Munich massacre, Khartoum resolution

By Steven Drucker
President of Jewish Community in Germany Josef Schuster speaks during a ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Paris ceremony honors Israeli athletes killed in 1972 Munich Games attack

By REUTERS
A campaign for Adidas features supermodel Bella Hadid wearing a reissue of sneakers from the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Bella Hadid says she regrets Adidas sneaker campaign that evoked 1972 Munich Olympics massacre

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
Paris 2024 Olympics - Opening Ceremony - Paris, France - July 26, 2024. Athletes of Israel aboard a boat in the floating parade on the river Seine during the opening ceremony.

Israeli athletes in Paris escorted by security as pro-Palestinian protests rage

 MEMBERS OF the Israeli Olympic and Paralympic delegations competing in Paris attend a ceremony at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, last month. Israeli athletes are about to face what could be the most antisemitic games since Berlin 1936, the writer says.

The same antisemitism: Israeli athletes face 2024 Paris Olympics under threat

 Bella Hadid poses on the red carpet during arrivals for the screening of the film "The Apprentice" in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 20, 2024.

Adidas apologizes to Bella Hadid over 1972 Munich massacre association in latest sneakers campaign

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 President Isaac Herzog speaks at the memorial ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War on September 26, 2023.

President Herzog will attend opening of Olympic Games in Paris amid calls to stop Israel competing

 Bella Hadid poses on the red carpet at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 23, 2024

Bella Hadid prepares to sue Adidas after 1972 Olympics sneaker debacle

 A member of the gendarmerie stands guard after a police officer was injured in an attack next to the Champs-Elysees avenue, in Paris, France July 18, 2024.

'Arrive in France, we'll kill you': Israeli Olympians threatened ahead of Paris games

 Screenshot of the Adidas campaing promoting shoes based on the 1972 Olympics featuring Bella Hadid.

Why did Adidas just apologize for its latest campaign?

HANNA MINENKO and Yaakov Toumarkin lead the Israeli delegation of athletes at the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, in which the country captured four medals.

Vigilance is key to protecting Jews, Israelis at Paris 2024 Olympics

Apple News grants regular platform to Holocaust denier, antisemite

People are seen at "The Munich 1972 Massacre Memorial" dedicated to the 1972 Olympic attack in Munich, Germany

Grandson of Munich massacre victim assaulted in Berlin in alleged hate crime

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA
 THEN-PA HEAD Yasser Arafat hugs Jordan’s King Hussein after the latter received the German Media Award, in Baden-Baden, 1997. In September 1970, the two leaders were bitter enemies.

Recalling black September: The forgotten Palestinian defeat - opinion

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