The new Palestinian Authority prime minister should be investigated for his alleged role in financing the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, an Israeli law group said. Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center said Mahmoud Abbas helped finance the PLO’s Black September group that committed the attack, which killed 11 Israeli athletes.
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