(YW had the privilege to interview MK Effie Eitam a few weeks ago HERE on YW.)
Effie Eitam, Knesset member, Maftal Party leader, Brigadier General and Israeli war hero who served in the 1976 raid on Entebbe in Uganda to free Jewish hostages from Dictator Idi Amin, blasted the “gall” of the British government report recently released after 30 years and “the insulting attempt to delegitimize Israel through the news reports of it,” in a statement to Yeshivaworld.
“News reports that often come out of European media have long held a bias against Israel, positioning it a pariah. This latest ‘news report’ is a continuation of the anti-Israel bias created to mire Israel in darkness.”
“The 30 year old declassified report is unfortunate. We now see the reasons why Britain never expressed support for the Entebbe raid. It is even more unfortunate that this news story will be used against Israel by its detractors.”
“I was there in Entebbe; I saw the fear and then gratitude in the eyes of the freed hostages. I cried, saw the tears and sang the prayers for Yoni Netanyahu when he was cut down by the terrorists, and I am mad at any insinuation that Israelis orchestrated this. The facts need no justification. How dare anyone accuse us of creating this horrific kidnapping scene as a public relations stunt? Ours is not the tradition that readily sacrifices people or spills its own blood for PR value.”
“The lies in this report end here and now. It is about as audacious as the accusation that Israel was responsible for 9/11.”
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And? Who cares?
We need the BBC’s haskomo?
Notice that he doesn’t deny the British report and involvement of the Shin Bet. Nor do people deny the fact of the arrest of several Israelis on 9/11 who were happily filming the events…..Nor the involvement of the Zionists and CIA in building up Muslim extremism as a tool against their enemies such as the USSR or Iran.
Dovdov – long time no hear from. We’ve been forced to settle for your milder twin HaKatan for a while but now you’re back!
Notice that he also doesn’t deny Israeli involvement in assasinating Kennedy either. Just what does that imply?
Everyone knows the Shin Bet killed Kennedy because he was supporting Che Chavez, I mean Shimon Peres, I mean, Meir Kahana –
Oh, I’ve got my conspiracy theories all mixed up! 🙁
Bupkiss, the reason you don’t hear from me very often is because YeshivaWorld censors some of my postings.
Dovdov,
Here’s an idea: Censor you own mouth (and keyboard) first. Free speech does not translate to verbal diarrhea.
It is an established fact that the Israeli gov. staged operation Suzanah(known as the Levon affair) in which they did terrorist acts in Egypt and blamed it on Muslim extremists. According to the Torah there is NO heter for a gov until Mosiach comes B”V and the Israeli gov is capable of faking things like any other. I;m NOT saying Entebbe was fake but please lets not act like they WOULD NEVER do such a thing. The very existance of a gov is against the Torah and I wouldn’t be surprised if they did things like this.