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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 75