Uganda leaderr tells Netanyahu he will set up museum at Entebbe

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:34:13 GMT

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Uganda leader tells Netanyahu he will set up museum at Entebbe

President Shimon Peres's "Facing Tomorrow" presidential conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday brought together Ugandan President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and members of the Netanyahu family, whose oldest son, Yoni, was killed in the 1976 Operation Thunderbolt.

Museveni announced that the only remaining structure of the old Entebbe airport, the control tower, would be turned into a museum commemorating the operation later renamed "Operation Yoni."

During the operation, 248 passengers and 12 crew members were rescued from the Entebbe airport, where they had been held hostage after Air France flight 139 was hijacked by the PFLP and German terror cells.

"The IDF operation in Entebbe was a turning point for the global war on terror and for the struggle of the Ugandan nation against the autocratic rule of [then-leader] Idi Amin," Netanyahu said during Wednesday's meeting.

Dead Sea Scroll Put on Rare Display in Israel

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:43:52 GMT

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Dead Sea Scroll Put on Rare Display in Israel

One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week—more than four decades after it was last seen by the public.

The priceless manuscript, written by a Judean scribe around 120 B.C., was in a long glass case Tuesday, its neat rows of Hebrew letters distinct and legible.

The Isaiah manuscript was the only complete biblical book discovered among the Dead Sea scrolls,

The ancient documents, which include fragments of the books of the Old Testament and treatises on communal living and apocalyptic war, have shed important light on Judaism and the origins of Christianity.

The Book of Isaiah is traditionally attributed to a prophet who lived in the eighth century B.C.

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Uganda leaderr tells Netanyahu he will set up museum at Entebbe

Dead Sea Scroll Put on Rare Display in Israel

Dead Sea Scroll Put on Rare Display in Israel