Simply Israel: Aly Raisman revels that the source of her gold medal routine was a tribute to the victims of the 1972 munich massacre

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Aly Raisman stated that using the score, Hava Nagila was in response to the IOC’s failure to commemorate the attacks in Munich in 1972. For those who don’t know, 11 Israeli athletes were killed in the Olympic games in Munich, by Palestinian terrorists. They came to the Olympics to achieve their…

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    Thanks!
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    They actually cherrypicked the NY post article, which says she didn’t intend the connection....
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    (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185361/Olympics-2012-U-S-gymnast-Aly-Raisman-reveals-gold-medal-winning-routine...
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    Aly, I love you.
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    This is absolutely fantastic. I love her even more now.
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