(An Israeli friend sent this to me, and I was so impressed, I’d like to feature it here as a guest column this week. JF) Israel’s Bravery 18 September 2024 By Allister Heath, The Telegaph Robbed of its moral bearings, bereft of any sense of right and wrong, incapable of distinguishing heroes from villains, the […]

The Unit still reigns All through the 1970s, Israel’s elite counter-terrorism unit, Sayeret Matkal (General Staff Reconnaissance Unit), battled terrorists. They specialized in airline hijackings. They also operated in cross-border, covert operations, such as against the Arab fedayeen (“freedom fighters”) that operate in Egypt. Their most famous operation of course was the Entebbe hostage rescue. […]