They led the daring Entebbe hostage rescue. Now they’re fighting Israel’s judicial overhaul
For years the elite team has stayed out of the spotlight, but the threat to Israeli democracy is too great to stay silent
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The Schmooze Movie News: How Batman Hit The Big Screen, André Aciman On ‘Call Me By Your Name’
We’re contractually obligated to remind you that it’s Oscars week. It’s also Purim. And, since the Forward’s weekly “Read, Watch, and Do” piece already touched on the lingering questions surrounding this year’s awards, let’s instead take a minute to remember Christopher Guest’s mockumentary classic “For Your Consideration” (2006). In the film, three actors come to…
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Film & TV ‘7 Days In Entebbe’ Is About How Leftists Should Butt Out Of The Jews’ Business
They started to make movies about the 1976 Israeli special forces raid on Uganda’s Entebbe airport even before the bodies were cold. One movie aired before the end of that year. Two more came in 1977. Chuck Norris’s gloss on the story came in 1986, complete with a motorcycle-borne rocket launcher. The battle at Entebbe,…
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Community To Counter Anti-Semitism, Israel Must Remember Africa’s Christians
Kenya`s relationship with Israel was sealed in blood more than 40 years ago. In retaliation for providing critical support to Israel during the Entebbe rescue, Uganda killed hundreds of Kenyans. Many estimates place the number of Kenyans killed in retaliation higher than the number of hostages rescued in the historic raid. Supporting the Israeli rescue…
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News Michael Karfunkel, the Orthodox Billionaire No One Heard Of, Dies at 72
Michael Karfunkel, an eye-poppingly rich Orthodox Brooklyn billionaire who was virtually unknown outside of the religious Jewish community, has died. He was 72. Together with his brother George Karfunkel, who survived the 1976 raid on Entebbe, Michael and his family rank among the top hundred wealthiest families in the United States, according to Forbes. Their…
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Breaking News 3 Forgotten Victims of Entebbe Rescue
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 105 of the passengers of an Air France airliner − Israeli citizens whose plane had been hijacked by terrorists a week earlier,…
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Culture Spies Who Came In From the Golan
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service By Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal Ecco 400 pages $27.99 Rescuing the Air France hostages at Entebbe Airport. Capturing Adolf Eichmann and returning him to Israel. Avenging the murder of the Olympic athletes. It’s the stuff of legends — and films. And it has contributed to…
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