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April 4, 2018

Truth and Lies about Entebbe

A historian tries to minimize Yoni Netanyahu’s heroism.

The new film 7 Days in Entebbe is based primarily on a book by the historian Saul David about the daring Israeli raid to rescue hostages held at a Ugandan airport in 1976. In a recent interview, David has suggested that the operation—which resulted in the deaths of the terrorists and many of their helpers, three of the 106 hostages, and the raid’s commander Yoni Netanyahu—was something other than a stunning success. Richard Kemp, the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, comments:

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April 4, 2018

  1. How Mahmoud Abbas Fans the Flames in Gaza

    For now, Hamas’s real quarrel is with the Palestinian Authority.

  2. Truth and Lies about Entebbe

    A historian tries to minimize Yoni Netanyahu’s heroism.

  3. The Challenges to Religious Freedom from the Left and from the Right

    You can’t have human rights without human nature.

  4. Iceland’s Long History of Anti-Semitism

    It’s not just the circumcision ban.

  5. Passover in the Land of Jewish Ghosts

    The ever-dying people.