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Sen. Schumer: Condoning Terror against Israel Led to Paris Massacres

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He said: If the world had come down hard on terror after the Munch Massacres, "we wouldn’t have had what happened in Paris."

Video of the Day

Operation Entebbe - In Animation

By Video of the Day

The daring rescue operation which stunned the world. July 4, 1976.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Netanyahu Visits Grave of his Entebbe Hero Brother

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited on Saturday night the grave of Yoni Netanyahu, the leader and lone IDF casualty in the rescue mission at Entebbe in 1976. They visited the grave at the Mt. Herzl Cemetery at night instead of on Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars this week […]

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Mossad's Legendary Mike Harari Passes Away (87)

By Jewish Press News Desk

Harari is most famous for leading Golda Meir's Mossad task force to kill all the Munich terrorists.

Shiloh Musings

In Israel, the Prime Minister is Just Another 'Bereaved Brother'

By Batya Medad

The Prime Minister, like too many others, lives in the shadow of a brother whose life was cut short.

United with Israel

Is Preemptive Action Permissible Under Torah Law?

By Rabbi Ari Enkin

The Talmud teaches: “If someone comes to kill you – kill him first!”

Israel / US / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Obituaries / Holocaust

‘Rain on Entebbe’ Producer Daniel Blatt Dies at Age 76 in LA

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Daniel Blatt was a typical success story of a Jew who left behind his Jewish education. He said that after he produced “Rain on Entebbe,” he came back to his Jewish roots. Blatt died in Los Angeles at the age of 76.

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

DC JCC Continues Pattern of Promoting Viciously anti-Israel Plays

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The Washington, DC JCC is staging viciously anti-Israel plays, funded by the Greater Washington Federation.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

July 4, Day of Operation Entebbe, Israel Upgrades Uganda Airport

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

July 4 is not only US Independence Day. It also is the anniversary of Operation Entebbe. An Israeli firm this week won a contract to return to Entebbe, ironically to upgrade its systems and security.

Op-Eds

From Joy to Sorrow and Back Again

By Naomi Klass Mauer

I close my eyes and am transported back to Israel, where I spent the past six weeks.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Sharansky Says Yoni Netanyahu Was an Inspiration while in Jail

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yoni Netanyahu, the brother of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu who was killed in the Entebbe rescue, was an inspiration to Natan Sharansky while imprisoned in a Soviet jail, the former Refusenik said Sunday. Speaking to 5,000 Masa Israel Journey participants at a Remembrance Day for Fallen Soldiers ceremony, Sharansky said, “While in the Soviet prison, […]

IDF & Security

On the Anniversary of Entebbe, Malkah is Home on the Range

By Malkah Fleisher

We expected to learn how to handle weapons and hone self-defense skills. I did not expect to have one of the most moving days of my life.

InDepth / The Yishai Fleisher Show on JewishPress.com

Jewish Press Radio with Yishai Fleisher: We Won't Let It Happen Again

By Moshe Herman

Yishai is joined by Shai Ish-Shalom, former member of Sayeret Matkal, the most elite unit in the Israel Defense Forces. They discuss Ish-Shalom's personal experience in Entebbe, Uganda and also talk about Jewish defense in both Israel and the Diaspora.

News & Views

Prime Minister to Israelis: 'You Touched My Heart'

By Malkah Fleisher

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu penned a letter to the people of the State of Israel, thanking them for coming to console him after the death of his father. The letter, written by the Prime Minister and posted on his Facebook page, expressed gratitude to the thousands of Israelis who paid respects at the shiva house […]

Israel

Benzion Netanyahu, Father of Prime Minister Benjamin, Dies at 102

By Malkah Fleisher

Benzion Netanyahu, father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Entebbe hero Yoni Netanyahu, died Monday at his Jerusalem home at the age of 102.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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