{"product_id":"the-letters-of-jonathan-netanyahu-the-commander-of-the-entebbe-rescue-force","title":"The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu: The Commander of the Entebbe Rescue Force","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn 4th July  1976  an Air France flight was hijacked  and 103 passengers  many of them Israeli citizens  were taken hostage in Entebbe  Uganda. The story of their rescue has become legend  and Lt.-Col. Jonathan Netanyahu  who led the operation and was killed during its execution  has become a modern-day hero. As the world struggles with the barbarity of terrorism  the story of Entebbe  and Jonathan Netanyahus role in it  are an inspiring and moving testimony to the ideals of democracy and freedom. The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu (Gefen Publishing  2001) is a collection of personal letters penned by Netanyahu over a period of thirteen years  from high school in Philadelphia to the raid at Entebbe. Yoni  as he was known to family  friends  and the Israeli nation  is revealed as a devoted and serious man  deeply dedicated to his country and the soldiers under his command. According to General Shlomo Gazit  a former Chief of Israel Military Intelligence  Yoni had a complex personality; on the one hand  he was a superb warrior and commander  brave and devoted  yet on the other hand  he was a man blessed with many other talents  with a rich and fertile imagination and an exceptionally analytical mind. It is this breadth of character that emanates from his letters. In his stunning introduction to The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu  Herman Wouk describes the book as \"fortuitous  not a deliberately created work of art \" that succeeds in exposing an intimate dimension of a remarkable young man. And of the Entebbe operation itself  Wouk comments \"its fame does not dim…in the continuing struggle of civilized men against the mounting global crime of terrorism  Entebbe shines  a beacon in dense gloom.\" Against this sobering backdrop  Jonathan Netanyahu emerges as the very essence of heroism  morality and idealism. Since the founding of modern Israel  its officers have instructed their men to \"follow me\"  leading by example and taking the greatest risk in order to inspire those in their charge to higher ideals. Although more than twenty-five years have passed since the Entebbe raid  Yoni Netanyahu remains more than ever the embodiment of all that Israel  and the civilised  democratic world  is striving for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966686359605,"sku":"ByrdShop_9652292672","price":44.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9789652292674.jpg?v=1770574637","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-letters-of-jonathan-netanyahu-the-commander-of-the-entebbe-rescue-force","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}