Yonatan Netanyahu

Then, tragedy struck.

Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, the commander of the assault force, was fatally wounded during the operation.

His death became one of the defining moments of the mission.

Despite the loss of their commander, the rescue continued without hesitation.

But the victory was not without loss.

According to historical accounts, three hostages were killed during the rescue operation, and a fourth hostage who had earlier been taken to a hospital in Kampala was later killed.

Lieutenant Colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, commander of the assault force, also lost his life during the mission.

His death deeply affected Israel.

Okay.

And the institute which had organized that conference from which the book was eventually published, that institute was named after his brother, Jonathan Netanyahu.

And that book put at the center that, look, terrorism is the enemy of the West, and therefore the subtitle is How to Win.

Now, it has 40 contributions, and Edward Said actually wrote a critique of that book.

Do you think that there's this underlying, is it possible that there's this underlying kind of like mental trope that the West is kind of projecting time and time again into wherever it tries to seek an enemy?

Yeah, I mean, in the book, actually, I talk about the construction of communism as an enemy after World War II, right? I'm forgetting the name of the person, but the one who is considered as an architect of CIA and also much of the security discourse after World War II.

Alan Dulles or the other Dulles brother?

No, I'll have to check.

Recently, that was how the average American saw Israel, right? An honorable mission, get their people out.

And the commander of that mission, last man leaving the air terminal shot by a wounded Ugandan soldier was Jonathan Netanyahu.

Bibi Netanyahu's brother was the commander of that raid and was the only casualty on that raid.

Although I think two civilians were killed in the crossfire, right? And if you go watch that old movie, there's a 1970s TV drama of the raid on Entebbe.

But you come from this very like sort of and it's very interesting.

Yonatan Netanyahu, very similar in that way.

Right.

You know, or and Bibi Netanyahu, obviously, they came from that sort of intellect, intellectual family that managed to go on the right, not the left.

But you come from this very like sort of and it's very interesting.

Yonatan Netanyahu, very similar in that way.

Right.

You know, or and Bibi Netanyahu, obviously, they came from that sort of intellect, intellectual family that managed to go on the right, not the left.