Lord Coe has praised the Community Security Trust’s work during the 2012 London Olympics and its assistance to the security services in protecting Israeli competitors.
The peer — who chaired the Games organising committee — addressed 400 guests at a CST dinner at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium.
“I didn’t know a great deal about the CST until the Games — and the great deal of support they offer to the Jewish community for obvious historical reasons,” he said.
“The Israeli team were a clear security risk and I am very grateful for their [the CST’s] work.” Lord Coe added that he had been “seared by the awful memory of Munich”, the 1972 attack by Palestinian terrorists on the Israeli Olympic team.
