The Palestinians did not conceive of the action as a suicide mission. The goal was not to kill the Israel athletes. They wanted to call attention to the suffering of the Palestinian people and to exchange the Israeli athletes for 200 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners held in Israeli jails. The Israeli government, however, refused to negotiate.
Munich 1972: What Spielberg left out
By Joyce Chediac
Published Feb 16, 2006 9:55 PM
Do you think that John Wayne fought at the Alamo, or that Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom took up arms at Troy?