What Entebbe Couldn't Teach Us

Forward | July 6, 2001| | Copyright

Eden, Ami
Forward
07-06-2001
What Entebbe Couldn't Teach Us

By AMI EDEN

Most American Jews probably didn't realize it during their Fourth of July
barbecues, beach outings and fireworks, but this week marked the silver
anniversary of a modern-day Jewish miracle.

Twenty-five years ago an international group of terrorists seized an Air
France Airbus en route from Athens to Israel and diverted it to the airport
in Entebbe, Uganda. With local strongman Idi Amin serving as
negotiator/accomplice, the hijackers threatened to kill the 105 Jewish and
Israeli passengers. Israel replied with a military plan ...

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