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DATE=6/13/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-250586
TITLE=ISRAEL/MUNICH ATTACK (L ONLY)
BYLINE=ILENE PRUSHER
DATELINE=JERUSALEM
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  ISRAEL SAYS A PALESTINIAN WHO ORGANIZED AN ATTACK ON 
ISRAELI OLYMPIC ATHLETES 17-YEARS AGO WILL NOT BE ALLOWED BACK 
INTO THE COUNTRY, EVEN THOUGH HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE WEST BANK
FROM TIME TO TIME FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.  ILENE PRUSHER 
REPORTS FROM JERUSALEM.
TEXT:  ISRAEL DECIDED (SUNDAY) TO BAR THE RETURN TO PALESTINIAN 
TERRITORY OF THE MAN WHO MASTERMINDED THE MASSACRE OF 11 ISRAELI 
ATHLETES AT THE 1972 OLYMPIC GAMES IN MUNICH
MOHAMMED ODEH, ALSO KNOWN AS ABU DAOUD, RECENTLY PUBLISHED A BOOK
IN WHICH HE ADMITTED HIS ROLE IN PLANNING THE KIDNAPPING OF THE 
ATHLETES.  HE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE WEST BANK CITY OF RAMALLAH 
ON AND OFF SINCE 1996, WHEN ISRAEL ALLOWED HIM TO ENTER THE 
COUNTRY TO ATTEND A MEETING OF THE PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL
THE 1972 MASSACRE HAS REMAINED A SORE SPOT NOT ONLY FOR ISRAEL, 
BUT ALSO FOR GERMANY, WHOSE POLICE FOUGHT A BLOODY BATTLE FOR THE
RELEASE OF THE CAPTURED ATHLETES.  LAST THURSDAY, THE MUNICH 
GENERAL PROSECUTOR ISSUED AN ARREST WARRANT FOR MR. ODEH AND 
ASKED OTHER NATIONS TO COOPERATE IN HIS CAPTURE
THE DEMAND TO BRING MR. ODEH TO JUSTICE LEFT ISRAEL WITH A 
PROBLEM: IGNORING THE ARREST WARRANT MIGHT HARM RELATIONS WITH 
GERMANY, WHILE COMPLYING WITH IT MIGHT SPARK A NEW CRISIS WITH 
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR OUTGOING PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAID 
THE PREMIER DECIDED TO BAR MR. ODEH AFTER CONSULTING WITH HIS 
FOREIGN MINISTER, JUSTICE MINISTER AND ATTORNEY GENERAL.  ISRAEL 
RADIO SAID MR. NETANYAHU ALSO CONSULTED WITH PRIME MINISTER-ELECT
EHUD BARAK, A HAWKISH LABOR PARTY LEADER WHO IS TRYING TO FORM A 
NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT
IN HIS BOOK, MR. ODEH SAID HE MEANT TO USE THE KIDNAPPINGS TO 
GAIN THE RELEASE OF 500 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS.  HE SAID IT WAS 
NOT HIS INTENTION TO KILL THE ATHLETES. 
MR. ODEH TOLD FOREIGN NEWS AGENCIES HE WOULD APPEAL THE BANNING 
ORDER.   (SIGNED)
NEB/IP/DW/RAE
13-Jun-99 9:32 AM EDT (1332 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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