Yonatan Netanyahu
Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu or Jonathan Netanyahu , also Yehonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu, (born March 13, 1946 in New York ; † July 4, 1976 in Entebbe , Uganda ; Hebrew : יונתן "יוני" נתניהו) was a lieutenant colonel in the special unit Sajeret Matkal of the Israeli Armed Forces and was killed in the rescue of hostages who had previously been held for a week by Palestinian and German hijackers and threatened with death.
Life
Jonathan was the eldest son of Zila and Benzion Netanyahu . His father was a professor of Jewish history and editor of the Encyclopaedia Hebraica . His younger brother Benjamin Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and has held this office again since April 2009. His second brother Iddo is a radiologist and author.
He was killed during Operation Entebbe in Entebbe , Uganda . As a soldier in the Sajeret Matkal special unit, he was in command of the troops sent by Israel to free the mostly Israeli hostages of Palestinian terrorists from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and two German terrorists from the Revolutionary Cells . Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed in the liberation operation.
Commemorations, honors and awards
In his honor, the hostage rescue operation in Entebbe was officially renamed Operation Jonathan (formerly Operation Donnerball).
Netanyahu was awarded the Medal of Distinguished Service (Hebrew: עיטור המופת) for his services in the Yom Kippur War .
His family founded the Jonathan Institute in his memory , which was headed by his brother Benjamin Netanyahu until 1980, and which was devoted to organizing high-profile conferences and publications on the subject of terrorism against Israel.
Five years after his death, around 70 schools, parks and other public places and facilities in Israel were named after him.
A plaque on the former airport building of Entebbe has been commemorating the military action and Netanyahu since 2005.
Movies
- Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) Director: Jonathan Gruber ( on Vimeo )
- Yoni: The Life of Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Netanyahu (2002, 57 min.) Director: Semion Vinokur ( on YouTube )
Play
- To Pay the Price (2009), author: Peter-Adrian Cohen
literature
- Self-Portrait of a Hero: From the Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu 1963-1976 ; Netanyahu, Jonathan / Netanyahu, Benjamin / Netanyahu, Iddo (1998); Warner Books. ISBN 0-446-67461-3
- The Letters of Jonathan Netanyahu: The Commander of the Entebbe Rescue Operation ; Jonathan Netanyahu (2001); Gefen Publishing House. ISBN 978-965-229-267-4
- Yoni: Hero of Entebbe ; Max Hastings (1979); DoubleDay. ISBN 978-0-385-27127-1
- Entebbe: A Defining Moment in the War on Terrorism - The Jonathan Netanyahu Story ; Iddo Netanyahu (2003); Balfour Books. ISBN 978-0-89221-553-9
- Yoni's Last Battle: The Rescue at Entebbe, 1976 ; Iddo Netanyahu, Yoram Harzony (2001); Gefen Publishing House. ISBN 978-965-229-283-4
- Yoni Netanyahu: Commando at Entebbe ; Devra Newberger Speargen (1997); Jewish Publication Society of America. ISBN 978-0-8276-0642-5
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ As quoted in Kahana, Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence, Scarecrow Press 2006
- ↑ Benjamin Netanyahu, on the Jewish Agency website, accessed July 20, 2014 (English)
- ↑ Melani McAlister: Iran, Islam, and the Terrorist Threat, p. 151 f., In: Terrorism, Media, Liberation, edited by John David Slocum, Rutgers University Press, 2005 (English)
- ↑ Herbert Kupferberg: Entebbe: The Rescue, the Legend, the Lesson, p. 7 in: The Spokesman Review of May 3, 1981, accessed on July 20, 2014 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Netanyahu, Yonatan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Netanyahu, Jonathan; Netanyahu, Yoni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli military, member of the elite Sajeret Matkal unit of the Israel Defense Forces |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th July 1976 |
| Place of death | Entebbe |