Tag Archive for Entebbe

Natanyahu: “There is no place our long arms can’t reach to protect Israel.”

 

Knesset holds ceremony to mark 37th anniversary of Israel’s daring operation of the return of hostages from Entebbe, when Israeli commandos rescued more than 100 hostages held at the Ugandan airport by the PLO and Ugandan soldiers.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu: Entebbe shows we can overcome the threats facing us.

By Gideon Allon & Israel Hayom Staff

The Knesset held a special ceremony on Tuesday to make the 37th anniversary of Operation Yonatan, the daring rescue mission in which Israeli soldiers freed more than 100 Israeli and foreign Jewish hostages held at Uganada’s Entebbe Airport.

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Uri Geller was CIA Spy

Documentary film explores work Israeli psychic carried out for Israeli military, American intelligence agencies across 3 continents.

Geller, ‘I only executed positive missions.’

Ynet

 

A new documentary claims that controversial Israeli paranormalist Uri Geller has also been leading a secret life as a CIA spy, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday.

גלר. חפשו את עקבותיו במבצע אנטבה (באדיבות © ProSieben Television GmbH)

Refused to carry out ‘dark things.’ Geller – Photo courtesy of ProSieben Television GmbH

A new documentary by Vikram Jayanti claims Geller admitted he was once asked by the CIA to use telepathy to stop a pig’s heart, but he refused as he suspected he would next be asked to perform the act on a human. Continue Reading »

36 Years Later, Entebbe Pilot Reveals Plane Barely Took Off

Thirty-six years after the world’s most famous rescue mission, Entebbe pilot reveals his plane was so heavily loaded, it could barely fly.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Thirty-six years after the world’s most famous rescue mission, an Operation Entebbe pilot reveals his plane was so heavily loaded, it barely got off the ground.

Shani in center of front row with his crew

Shani in center of front row with his crew
Israel news photo: IDF

Reservist Brig. Gen. Joshua Shani, the lead pilot of the four-plane Operation Entebbe, flew his C-130 Hercules cargo plane with the entire rescue force on board.

In an interview with the IDF, he revealed that the transport plane was loaded with the famous Mercedes vehicle that was a mock-up of Idi Amin’s car and designed to fool Ugandan soldiers into thinking the dictator himself had arrived at the airport where more than 100 Jewish hostages were being held. Continue Reading »