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A room in the Jewish Museum of Oporto devoted to "Operation Thunderbolt," Israel's 1976 hostage-rescue raid at the Entebbe Airport in Uganda. Credit: B'nai B'rith International.

Jewish Museum of Oporto opens permanent exhibit on historic Entebbe raid

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The Jewish Museum of Oporto in Portugal on July 19 opened a permanent exhibit dedicated to “Operation Thunderbolt,” Israel’s historic 1976 hostage-rescue raid in Entebbe, B’nai B’rith International announced. “The is aimed at educating...
Rescued Air France passengers wave to the waiting crowd while leaving the belly of the Hercules plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Credit: Moshe Milner, July 4, 1976, from National Photo Collection of Israel, Photography Department, Government Press Office via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli President-elect: ‘Yoni Netanyahu has become a symbol of courage and heroism’

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A memorial service was held on Wednesday at the gravesite of Lt. Col. Yonatan (“Yoni”) Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother, who lost his life 45 years ago during “Operation Entebbe,” a...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon (back to camera) welcoming the rescued Air France passengers and crew including pilot Michel Bacos (left) coming off an Israel Air Force Hercules plane at Ben Gurion Airport, July, 1976. Credit: Moshe Milner/ Israel Government Press Office.

French pilot who remained with Israeli and Jewish hostages at Entebbe dies at 95

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Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who, along with his crew, stayed with Israeli and Jewish hostages during the July 1976 hijacking that diverted the plane to Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, died in the French...

A need to reconnect the Diaspora with Israeli Jews

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Throughout our years of Jewish education and Israeli history, we have been taught that May 14th marks the beginning of a new chapter for the Jewish people. It is a day on which the...