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=B. Summary of Evidence (500-600 words) Tips]= The film Munich is about a team of men who hunt down the Palestinian terrorists involved in the murders of the Munich Olympics in the 1970s. The five ordinary men; a toy maker, a security guard, an antiques dealer and two others are all unlikely assassins, however they have been given a mission to kill each Palestinian terrorist involved in the killings in the Munich Olympics.

“The film is based on the book // Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team // by Canadian journalist George Jonas, which is based on the story of Yuval Aviv, who claims to have been a Mossad agent. [1] In the book, Aviv's story is told through a protagonist called "Avner". Jonas' book was first turned into a made-for-television film in 1986 called // Sword of Gideon //, starring Steven Bauer and Michael York and directed by Michael Anderson.”[1]

There is one main character in this film and he is the team leader for the group of assassins. He has to participate in every murder and chooses who comes with him and how they kill. Eric Bana plays Avner Kaufman who is the main character in the film. He is an Israeli-born Mossad agent of German descent. He and his team no longer live or work in Israel and have no links to the country. Avner is given a team of four men: Steve (Daniel Craig), a South African driver; Hans (Hanns Zischler), a document forger; Robert (Mathieu Kassovitz), a Belgian toy-maker trained in defusing explosives; and Carl (Ciarán Hinds), a former Israeli soldier who "cleans up" after the assassinations. Avner and his team set about tracking down the 11 targets with the help of an informant, Louis (Mathieu Amalric).

Aaron J. Klein who is Time magazines Military and Intelligence Affairs correspondent in the Jerusalem outlines the dreadful deaths of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and how the Israelis planned a secret assassination afterwards. The death of these eleven Israeli athletes and coaches who were killed by the black September terrorists was caused by the stupidity of the German Officials at that time*//detailed in later analysis//.

Aaron J. Klein examines the Israeli response. In his books he describes how it was a miniature war which no one knew about. "Mossad combatants...were charged with carrying out the assassination orders, which had been passed down from Golda Meir to each successive prime minister". The Mossad were soon finding the members of Black September and swiftly killing. However, the goals of the Mossad grew bigger, Operation Spring of Youth had been launched where Israeli commandos killed three major PLO and Fatah officials in Beirut. The myth of Israel's military capacity and the long reach of the Mossad was hitting its peak. This had a bad effect because the Palestinian terrorists now became defensive.

“Klein's account is well researched and highly valuable, and while the episodic structure he employs becomes repetitive, it is nevertheless a necessary read for anyone interested in Israeli history and politics as well as the birth of modern counter-terrorism”.[2][3] 

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_(film) [2] Aaron J. Klein, translated from the Hebrew by Mitch Ginsburg (2005). //Striking back//. New York: Random House, (ISBN: 1400064279). [3] Editorial review of Aaron J. Klein's //Black September.// http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/aaron-j-klein/striking-back/_/R-400000000000000049483 NARRATIVE

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