As expected, on July 4, 1976, the United States celebrated its bicentennial with a flurry of patriotic pride and hype. The surprise was that the day also brought one of the most miraculous events in ...

Robert Maimoni watched with tears in his eyes observing the moments of national ecstasy that were generated by Operation Entebbe. On July 4, 1976, a commando unit of the Israel Defense Forces rescued ...

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday paid tribute to the commandos who stormed an airport terminal in Uganda airport to free more than 100 hostages in what became known as the Raid on ...

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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — It was perhaps the most daring Israeli military exploit ever — a rescue raid in Africa that inspired Hollywood films and became etched in Israeli history. Nearly four decades ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘7 Days in Entebbe’ Film Review: Docudrama Revisits a Legendary Israeli Rescue The 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight full of ...

As a Jew, the fear that something might happen to you is not abstract. It’s real. And if it ever does, I would bet every dollar I have that my Israeli passport would save me. There is a direct ...