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The Peace Channel

Mixed feelings about Palestinian presence
at Munich 11 memorial.

NEIL RUBIN

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CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

he two olive-skinned men
looked comfortable in the
crowd filled with dozens
of other Middle Eastern-

ers.
But these visitors, wearing
Palestine Olympic Committee
lapel pins, were believed to be
the first Palestinians at a memo-
rial ceremony for the Israelis
murdered by terorrists at the
1972 Munich Olympics.
"All human beings all around
the world are against what hap-
pened in Munich," Rabi H. Al
Turk, deputy director of the
Palestine Olympic Committee,
said in an interview after the
ceremony. "All the Palestinians,
especially sports people, are
against this."
During the emotional cere-
mony, held at the Atlanta Jew-
ish Federation Selig Center, the
Palestinians joined standing
ovations after two children of
the murdered athletes spoke.
Later, Mr. Al Turk approached
Rachel Romano, daughter of a
Munich terror victim. He looked
into her eyes, paused, kissed her
on the forehead and walked
away.
"I was thinking of it brother-
ly and with humanity," Mr. Al
Turk said after the ceremony.
"Let's bring instead of this [ter-
rorism], love and to build to-
gether our area in the world.
How? Through the peace chan-
nel. This is the only way."
As he spoke, Palestine
Olympic Committee delegation
head Muamna Bississo stood at

his side. The two had been in-
vited by the Jewish Federation,
as had representatives of the
other 196 national Olympic com-
mittees.
Most Jews had mixed feelings
about seeing the visitors.
"Now that we have what I
guess you would call a peace
with the Palestinians, it's ap-
propriate for them to come here,
but it's hard" to see them, said

"It helps bring
closure."

— Steve Goldberg

Elizabeth Davis.
Steve Goldberg added, "Hav-
ing the Palestinians here is im-
portant. It helps bring closure."
Not everyone agreed. "I don't
have anything to say to them,"
said Rahamim Kaduri, an Is-
raeli referee in weightlifting.
Yuval Higger, a sports scien-
tist in Israel, was coached by
some of the Israelis killed in Mu-
nich.
"We should not forget, but we
should look forward to the fu-
ture, even if we miss one heart-
beat for a moment because they
are here," he said. "It's emotion-
al, but Rabin shook hands
with Arafat and I'm sure that
Arafat has more blood on
his hands than these two per-
sons." ❑

Heavy Medal

Israel takes home the bronze and a national
swimming honor.

RONI B. ROBBINS SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS

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sraeli athletes came to Atlanta
with dreams of Olympic gold,
but in the final week of com-
petition, they were elated over
the bronze.
Windsurfer Gal Friedman on
Tuesday became the country's
third athlete to win an Olympic
medal.
"We feel he deserved that,"
said Miri Navo, Israel Olympic
Committee spokeswoman. "The
delegation is very proud."
In the 1992 Barcelona Games,
Yael Arad won the silver and
Oren Smadja the bronze, both in

judo. Both came in fifth this time
around.
Until the windsurfing win, Is-
raeli athletes were disappointed
by their overall performance in
Atlanta. The only bright spot at
that point was when Israel's
4x100 medley relay team made
it to the finals in swimming —
a national record. The team fin-
ished last, in eighth place, but
was still overjoyed by the achieve-
ment.
"We're proud to be the first Is-
raeli team to be in an Olympic fi-
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