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JDPriestly

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90. And Palestinians killed people, many people, in terrorist attacks before Israel occupied land.
Mon Oct 5, 2015, 09:48 PM
Oct 2015

Netanyahu's brother was killed at Entebbe. There is a long trail of revenge that has to stop on both sides.

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976.[6] A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by hijackers from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO) under orders of Wadie Haddad, who had earlier broken away from the mainstream PFLP of George Habash.[7] The PFLP-EO hijackers consisted of two Palestinians and two members of the German Revolutionary Cells. The hijackers had the stated objective to free 40 Palestinian and pro-Palestinian militants imprisoned in Israel and 13 prisoners in four other countries in exchange for the hostages.[8] The flight, that had originated in Tel Aviv with destination of Paris, was diverted after a stopover in Athens via Benghazi to Entebbe, the main airport of Uganda. The local government supported the hijackers and dictator Idi Amin personally welcomed them. After moving all hostages from the airplane to a disused airport building, the hijackers separated all Israelis from the larger group and forced them into a separate room.[9][10][11] Over the following two days, 148 non-Israeli hostages were released and flown out to Paris.[10][11][12] Some 94 mainly Israeli passengers, along with the 12-member Air France crew, remained as hostages and were threatened with death.[13][14]

The IDF acted on intelligence provided by the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. The hijackers threatened to kill the hostages if their prisoner release demands were not met. This threat led to the planning of the rescue operation.[15] These plans included preparation for armed resistance from Ugandan military troops.[16]

The operation took place at night. Israeli transport planes carried 100 commandos over 2,500 miles (4,000 km) to Uganda for the rescue operation. The operation, which took a week of planning, lasted 90 minutes. 102 hostages were rescued. Five Israeli commandos were wounded and one, the unit commander, Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, was killed. All the hijackers, three hostages and 45 Ugandan soldiers were killed, and thirty (some say 11[4][5]) Soviet-built MiG-17s and MiG-21s of Uganda's air force were destroyed.[3] Kenyan sources supported Israel, and in the aftermath of the operation Idi Amin issued orders to retaliate and slaughter several hundred Kenyans present in Uganda.[17]

Operation Entebbe, which had the military codename Operation Thunderbolt, is sometimes referred to retroactively as Operation Jonathan in memory of the unit's leader, Yonatan Netanyahu. He was the older brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister of Israel.[18]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe

I hope that we don't wait until it is too late, because that situation is really dangerous for the whole world -- as we see in neighboring Syria.

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Video Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #1
When does it end? JDPriestly Oct 2015 #2
When Israel leaves the occupied territories. geomon666 Oct 2015 #3
When Palestinian and other groups stop calling for the extermination of Israel 7962 Oct 2015 #13
So, you're saying there's no history of violence before 1967? nt Chef Eric Oct 2015 #36
And your excuse for all leftynyc Oct 2015 #56
What does it matter? geomon666 Oct 2015 #80
And Palestinians killed people, many people, in terrorist attacks before Israel occupied land. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #90
Tragedy on both sides. geomon666 Oct 2015 #92
But, in the Middle East, it would be unwise for Israel to pull out of the occupied territories JDPriestly Oct 2015 #93
Well we can agree on that. geomon666 Oct 2015 #104
I think it would take peacekeepers with loaded guns, and neither side would agree to that. JDPriestly Oct 2015 #105
The LOSING side of a war leftynyc Oct 2015 #94
I don't recall disregarding anything. geomon666 Oct 2015 #103
when Palestinian leaders give back the billion$ they took from their own people wordpix Oct 2015 #86
That 'gate' has been shared for centuries by the original couple of religions from that area Sunlei Oct 2015 #110
When guns are highly restricted and regulated and the carnage of gun violence is ended. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #8
Those killed were stabbed not shot. 7962 Oct 2015 #10
Details, details sarisataka Oct 2015 #43
Moronic answer. GGJohn Oct 2015 #33
it doesn't Skittles Oct 2015 #89
I wonder how they determined that he was a terrorist and not simply a murderous asshole Orrex Oct 2015 #4
the j post is a right wing paper Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #5
And by their word count. Check this out: Orrex Oct 2015 #6
Can I have a link Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #23
No link, alas. I did it myself. Orrex Oct 2015 #25
Wow. nt LiberalElite Oct 2015 #29
There are tools (I haven't tried any of these) LiberalElite Oct 2015 #28
Hamas calls the attack "a heroic operation"; terrorist belonged to Islamic Jihad 7962 Oct 2015 #11
An anonymous Hamas source told an Israeli newspaper? And you believe that? Orrex Oct 2015 #14
Yeah, Hamas NEVER praises these attacks. I guess they should get the benefit of the doubt! 7962 Oct 2015 #19
Did they praise this one? Publicly? On the record? No? Orrex Oct 2015 #26
I'll always support the civilized over the savage. 7962 Oct 2015 #30
A dominant military that murders civilians is hardly civilized Orrex Oct 2015 #37
Your going out your way leftynyc Oct 2015 #57
It amazes me that you're doing everything in you power to deny this was a terrorist who murdered GGJohn Oct 2015 #34
Is every murder automatically an act of terrorism? Orrex Oct 2015 #40
What part of Hamas issuing a statement do you have trouble understanding onenote Oct 2015 #38
Thank you for that additional information Orrex Oct 2015 #41
"Hussam Badran, a spokesman for Hamas," How do you miss that? 7962 Oct 2015 #42
What makes you think that I missed it? Orrex Oct 2015 #44
"I don't see how their quote supports the original contention that Hamas praised the attack." 7962 Oct 2015 #48
Hamas always makes statements to that effect when things like this occur oberliner Oct 2015 #85
"Terrorist Kills 9 in Oregon, wounds 10 others". One of these headlines, or both, needs to be Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #7
The Oregon murderer WAS a terrorist. 7962 Oct 2015 #12
I believe they might be downplaying the terrorist angle Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #15
Multiple non sequiturs? Leading to the massive evidence free conclusion. Impressive and revealing. Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #16
Sounds good. Jesus Malverde Oct 2015 #18
Good response! 7962 Oct 2015 #31
More intentional murder of civilians. As per usual. 7962 Oct 2015 #9
It's terrible when civilians murder civilians, yes Orrex Oct 2015 #17
Israel regularly warns residents when they're going to destroy a bldg. 7962 Oct 2015 #21
In other words, Israel routinely issues terroristic threats. Got it. Orrex Oct 2015 #24
Really? leftynyc Oct 2015 #60
Most creative rationalization I've read this week LanternWaste Oct 2015 #70
It is amazing. And its continual. The ignorance on display......... 7962 Oct 2015 #82
If Israel was really concerned about terrorism nyabingi Oct 2015 #20
where's your proof that Israel is "supporting ISIS and al nusra"? Mosby Oct 2015 #46
Someone somewhere said it. Thats all thats needed. nt 7962 Oct 2015 #49
If you peruse the foreign press, and I believe it has been nyabingi Oct 2015 #66
So now we're condemining leftynyc Oct 2015 #69
Haha! Nice try buddy but there's no way nyabingi Oct 2015 #71
I can and do make that claim leftynyc Oct 2015 #72
Israel and Saudi Arabia have been working together nyabingi Oct 2015 #75
Really? Widely known? leftynyc Oct 2015 #76
Wait a minute. I just gave you a link with the former Israeli ambassador nyabingi Oct 2015 #79
Since when is picking sides leftynyc Oct 2015 #95
There is a complete blackout in the American media and if nyabingi Oct 2015 #97
Again leftynyc Oct 2015 #98
Well, I see you're all about Israel no matter what nyabingi Oct 2015 #99
I'm perfectly capable leftynyc Oct 2015 #100
OK I see where you're coming from nyabingi Oct 2015 #101
My bringing my gay friends leftynyc Oct 2015 #102
I don't want this conversation to veer off into a discussion nyabingi Oct 2015 #106
Bullshit leftynyc Oct 2015 #107
Oh OK, you're going there with this nyabingi Oct 2015 #108
LOL - really? A leftynyc Oct 2015 #109
Women enjoys as many rights as men in countries nyabingi Oct 2015 #112
There is no Gaddafi leftynyc Oct 2015 #113
Well yeah, those secular more forward-looking Muslim nyabingi Oct 2015 #114
Yawn leftynyc Oct 2015 #115
The radicals who work for the interests of the US and Israel nyabingi Oct 2015 #116
Just because it doesn't "fly" with you leftynyc Oct 2015 #61
I just wrote a reply concerning this topic... nyabingi Oct 2015 #67
So your first link leftynyc Oct 2015 #68
The post with Michael Oren nyabingi Oct 2015 #73
Do you know doctors leftynyc Oct 2015 #74
Yes, I think there are many doctors who would let nyabingi Oct 2015 #78
Israel Halts Medical Treatment for Members of Syria's Nusra Front oberliner Oct 2015 #91
what? How about a link there re: your "facts?" wordpix Oct 2015 #87
Facts? leftynyc Oct 2015 #96
"The terrorist then took a pistol from one of his victims..." Grins Oct 2015 #22
Beitar Ilit, where the woman was from, is an illegal settlement built on stolen land frizzled Oct 2015 #27
so what? nt geek tragedy Oct 2015 #32
according to mondoweiss Mosby Oct 2015 #45
So they deserved to be attacked? GGJohn Oct 2015 #35
The poster was relaying a fact philosslayer Oct 2015 #81
Except it wasn't factual Mosby Oct 2015 #111
That ship has sailed and the woman didn't deserve to be murdered... TipTok Oct 2015 #39
Newbie giving cover leftynyc Oct 2015 #62
Palestinians are now barred from the Old City Jerusalem among other things azurnoir Oct 2015 #47
Thats the easiest way to stop the attacks, so yeah. 7962 Oct 2015 #50
you agree with this? home demolitions too? why weren't Israeli's barred from Palestine after burnng azurnoir Oct 2015 #52
The question was asked about blocking entry. You decided to add the other shit 7962 Oct 2015 #54
What about the Jewish murderers who terrorize Arabs in the West Bank? geek tragedy Oct 2015 #55
"This attack against Palestinian civilians is a barbaric act of terrorism," 7962 Oct 2015 #58
Israel never arrests and prosecutes the Price Tag terrorists. NEVER. geek tragedy Oct 2015 #59
everything was in the original post, sorry you seem not to like the questions azurnoir Oct 2015 #64
Nothing in the post mentions a dead child or the attack on his family. 7962 Oct 2015 #83
I wish Iran to have a nuke, really? and thousands of attacks on Israels for every 1 on a Palestinian azurnoir Oct 2015 #84
So how often do Israeli civilians attack Palestinian Civilians? Not very often. 7962 Oct 2015 #88
So security justifies apartheid? geek tragedy Oct 2015 #53
Disturbing reading about the victims of "Terrorism" fingrin Oct 2015 #51
Mondoweiss? leftynyc Oct 2015 #63
Here's the original story from haaretz: geek tragedy Oct 2015 #77
There's a place for him and he'll Bloofer Oct 2015 #65
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