REAL ESTATE

LOOKING BACK

FOR SALE

SOUTHFIELD
OWNER

LONGBOAT KEY
Sarasota, Florida

Spacious colonial. 4
bedrooms, 2 1/2
baths, paneled fam-
ily room, 2 1/2 car
garage, cen. air,
sprinkler and security
systems. $82, 000.
By appointment
557-1257 or 855-4460

BLOOMFIELD HILLS

WABEEK -
ON GOLF COURSE

Two bedroom, 1 bath
Seaplace . Condo,
2100 ft. of gulf be-
ach. Must sell.
$110, 000. Furniture
available.

Two bedroom, 2 bath
ranch condo, 2 car
garage. Newly deco-
rated
$159,900

J. Rosen

851-5370 or 822-3301
or 446-5835

645-9550

CHAMBORD SUBDIVISION

FRANKLIN VILLAGE

FOR SALE BY OWNER
Quaint 4 bedroom, 2
bath on approx. 1
acre. Mature trees,
inground pool, bay
windows thruout.
Priced for quick sale.
$208, 500.
Call for appointment
642.4115

For information regarding Chombord Subdivision see repre-
sentative at soles office located on Montmorte Circle.
Chambord Subdivision is located West of Middlebelt Rd. be-
rween Walnut Lake Rd. and Lone Pine Rd. Enter subdivision
on Chambord Drive and go west to Montmarre Circle.

samuel
wolok
construction company

•

559-2262

The Hill Of
Hunter's Pointe

Logical
Deduction.

New subdivision of scenic
wooded lots in Farmington Hills

Construction starting soon.

For information see representative in Chambord sales office, West Bloomfield

samuel
wolok
construction company

559-2262

PINES OF WEST BLOOMFIELD
1 WOODED SITE LEFT IN THIS UNIQUE
SUBDIVISION of QUALITY BUILT CUSTOM HOMES

• West Bloomfield Schools
• Priced from $169,900
• 3 and 4 bedroom ranches and colonials
Located North of Maple Rd. -
1 /2 mile East off Farmington Rd.

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626-1638

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CONDOMINIUMS

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luxurious custom ranch models
now under construction - just in
time to pick your colors -
2 or 3 bedrooms - 2 1/2 baths

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Remembering Yonni And
His Entebbe Legacy

Simon Griver

Special to the Jewish . News

N

ot many things, one would
have thought, could have
taken the limelight from
America's 200th anniversary cel-
ebrations on July 4th, 1976. But
Israel did it with the dramatic re-
scue of the 105 Jewish hostages of
the Air France plane, hijacked en
route to Paris from Tel Aviv, on
that same day. Flying 2500 miles
with airborne commandos, Oper-
ation Thunderbolt's successful 90
minute battle against interna-
tional terrorism electrified the
world.
The dramatic rescue — in an
Israeli paratrooper raid on Old
Terminal, Entebbe International
Airport, Uganda — was an inspi-
ration to world Jewry and the citi-
zens of the democratic West. Not
only did it show the prowess and
capability of the IDF, but it also
demonstrated that one need not
bow to terror, despite the odds.
Of all the Israeli soldiers who
have ever given their lives in de-
fense of the Jewish people,
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan
(Yonni) Netanyahu, commander
of Operation Thunderbolt, is
probably the best known. His
death overshadowed the joy of the
hostage rescue, and in his honor
the Israeli government changed
the name of the mission to Opera-
tion Jonathan (Yonatan).
Elliot Entis, a former friend of
Yonni from their student days at
Harvard, told the Harvard Crim-
son, "Yonni had an ideal and
when he died it made you think
about your own life. It's also a
question of relative values. Yonni
was willing quite literally to put
his life on the line. That's quite
unusual. And there are even
fewer people who derive that de-
votion internally."
Yonni was born in New York in
1946 where his father was work-
ing as an emissary. He came to
Israel with his parents two years
later and settled in Jerusalem. At
18 he joined the army and upon
being discharged after his three
years service won a scholarship to
Harvard. That was in 1967 and
the Six Day War thus delayed his
journey to Massachusetts.
The war changed many things.
Yonni was wounded while saving
a friend's life and his left arm was
so badly injured that he was de-
clared an invalid and told he could
never serve in the army again. He
went to Harvard the following
year to study Philosophy, but left
the summer afterwards, despite
achieving high grades. As he ex-
plained to his Harvard advisor
Seamus Malin, "I just shouldn't be
here. This is a luxury. I should be
at home. I should be defending my
country."
So Yonni returned home and
persuaded the army to accept him.
From that point on his army
career took off. He received a de-
coration for heroism in the 1973
Yom Kipur War and was given
command of a crack unit for spe-
cial missions which performed
many daring deeds, including
Entebbe. They also undertook
many delicate assignments,
which until today cannot be re-

Yonni Netanyahu

vealed because of their sensitive
nature.
But if Entebbe dealt a blow to
• international terrorism, how ef-
fective was it? After all, terrorism
is as prevalent today as ever. Was
Yonni's death in vain?
"Terrorism is more of an issue
today because at last the Western
governments, and particularly
America, are taking action to
fight it," explains Professor Ben
Zion Netanyahu, Emeritus Pro-
fessor in History at Cornell Uni-
versity, and Yonni's father. Fur-
thermore, he notes that since
Entebbe, no aircraft flying to and
from Israel has ever been
hijacked.
Yonni's brother, Benjamin
Netanyahu, who is today Israel's
Ambassador to the United Na-
tions, is now in the front line of the
diplomatic battle against ter-
rorism. He too feels that Entebbe
was a watershed in the war
against terrorism. "Courage
breeds courage," he says. "There
has been no similar operation
against Israel since Entebbe.
Perhaps more importantly, the
rescue acted as a blueprint and
inspiration for other successful
missions. It dispelled a sense of
paralysis and a feeling that noth-
ing could be done to stem the tide
of terrorism which existed until
then. Soon afterwards the West
Germans conducted a similarly
successful raid on Mogadishu in
Somalia and the Dutch stormed a
train being held by South Moluc-
can terrorists. More recently
there was the American intercep-
tion of the Achille Lauro hijac-
kers."
If Yonni's example inspired all
these other events, he would be
embarrassed by the credit. More
than anything else he had a sense
of history. He remembered the
Exodus from Egypt, and the Mac-
cabbees and the Warsaw Ghetto
. fighters. He also remembered the
eras when Jews had no defenders
and was determined to consign
such helplessness to the history
books.
In a letter to a girl friend he
recalled a Passover Seder with his
troops. "By the past, I refer not
only to my personal past, but to
the manner in which I see myself
as an integral part, a link in the
chain of Israel's struggle for sur-
vival and independence."
World Zionist Press Service

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