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Yoni’s Last Battle is a gripping account of the famous operation in Entebbe, Uganda on July 4, 1976. It chronicles the detailed planning and implementation of one of the most incredibly successful airborne rescue missions in history. Author Iddo Netanyahu, youngest of three brothers, including the Israeli Prime Minister (Bibi), describes the famous mission carried out by Israel’s elite commando unit led by his oldest brother, Yoni, to rescue 105 hostages held by German and Arab terrorists.
Through the Flames of Aleppo dramatizes the harrowing events of the Aleppo pogrom through the eyes of a Jewish boy, Ezra. The book is written by A. Shalom, who consulted archives from the time and met with members of the community who lived through the riots in writing the novel.
See our filmed review of a dated documentary that is still being used as part of the curriculum in some American public middle schools. The film examines the Arab-Israeli conflict through the eyes of seven children living in the Jerusalem vicinity, from both sides of the conflict. While the protagonists are appealing, the take-away message of the film, based on misleading context and a lack of essential background information, is one-sided and politicized.
Do Palestinians who fled Israel in 1948, and their descendants, have a legal or moral right to return to their former homes in Israel? Is it true that most other refugees around the world have already exercised such rights of repatriation?
A Sydney Taylor Book Award-winner, Come, Let Us Be book tells the story behind the creation of the traditional Hebrew song.
While Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film, “Munich,” blurs the line between historical fiction and real events to tell the story of an Israeli hit team’s hunt for those involved in the 1972 Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes, this Academy Award-winning film focuses on the massacre itself through live film clips, news broadcasts and interviews with police, close relatives of victims, and the sole surviving perpetrator.
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