Operation Thunderbolt: The Raid on Entebbe

Unpacking Israeli History

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When Air France Flight 139 took off from Tel Aviv on the morning of June 27th, 1976, no one could have suspected that the soon-to-be-hijacked flight was about to lead to one of the world's most daring and risky rescue missions. In the first episode of season two, Noam Weissman unpacked Operation Thunderbolt, Israel's successful secret operation to rescue the passengers, and asks, does this story have enduring lessons for us today? ~~~~ Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Alan Fisher and Barbara Sommer, and Jon and Rachie Teller. This episode is generously sponsored by Marci and Alex S. Kaufman. ~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/video/operation-thunderbolt-entebbe/ ~~~~ Sources https://www.amazon.com/Skies-Belong-Us-Terror-Hijacking/dp/0307886115 https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/sept11/2001/10/01/elal-usat.htm#more http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1578183.stm https://www.npr.org/2019/03/30/708229313/opinion-remembering-pilot-michel-bacos-hero-of-the-1976-entebbe-hijacking https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-lod-massacre https://www.haaretz.com/1.5353488 https://www.amazon.com/Entebbe-Balfour-Books-Iddo-Netanyahu-ebook/dp/B003ZUYQG6/ https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Thunderbolt-Entebbe-Airport-Audacious/dp/0316245399/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/7/newsid_2496000/2496095.stm) http://web.stanford.edu/group/tomzgroup/pmwiki/uploads/1377-1976-08-KS-a-RCW.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3qkquLvk6g https://www.jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-Politics/Analysis-Israel-and-Kenya-blood-ties-326880 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11701064/Israels-raid-on-Entebbe-was-almost-a-disaster.html https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Documents/2010/December%202010/1210entebbe.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vycaXjr7vhQ https://archive.jewishagency.org/secret-service/content/25326 tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/entebbes-forgotten-dead https://www.haaretz.com/1.5353488 https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Expanded-Speeches-Photographs-Afterword/dp/0520207661 https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Thunderbolt-Entebbe-Airport-Audacious/dp/0316245399/ ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Noam Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense,
0:07.6	historically fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.
0:13.2	Unpacking Israeli history is generously sponsored by Alan Fisher and Barbara Summer
0:18.1	and John and Rachel Teller.
0:20.0	And this episode is generously sponsored by Marcy and Alex S. Kaufman.
0:25.1	Before we start, I want to tell you two things.
0:27.4	The first is about one of our other podcasts from Unpacked.
0:30.2	It's called Nice Jewish Girls.
0:32.0	Each week my colleague Julia Jassie interviews a different powerhouse Jewish woman.
0:37.0	We're talking politicians, writers, activists, business women.
0:41.0	You name her, Julia is talking to to her she's learning her story and
0:44.0	getting to know who is this woman and why does she matter to me to us and to the
0:48.4	world the conversations are awesome and I walk away excited and inspired about our future.
0:54.4	Most for the age when my daughter is Leana and Nisa and yes my son A Yall
0:58.8	will be able to listen.
1:00.1	Subscribe wherever you get your podcast.
1:03.0	The second thing I want to tell you about is a new segment we're starting for season two called Israel Nurd Talk.
1:08.0	See, when we say we're reading and responding to every piece of mail we mean it and we're going to start
1:14.2	sharing the coolest pieces of feedback with you guys okay yala let's do this. We the people of Israel are prepared and angry.
1:25.0	All the Hamas would deny you will eat the air in Israel.
1:29.0	He would be not Israel.
1:31.0	We, the people of Israel are prepared and anxious to meet the
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