Field Marshal Idi Amin must have turned in his grave

This week’s visit to Uganda by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his entourage has brought to life the memories of that event which took place 40 years ago. The visit was so deliberate and direct by Netanyahu who himself comes from the military, something that many young men in Israel cannot escape.

Operation Thunderbolt was a rescue operation of the highjacked Israeli passenger jet that was travelling between Athens and Paris. In it were 250 passengers who vied through Tripoli for a brief refuelling stop.