Israel staged 1976 Entebbe Airport saga
LONDON, Israel’s secret service may have been involved in the hijack of an Air France plane in 1976 by pro-Palestinian hijackers, according to newly-declassified British government documents released Friday.
LONDON, Israel’s secret service may have been involved in the hijack of an Air France plane in 1976 by pro-Palestinian hijackers, according to newly-declassified British government documents released Friday.
Some 98 people, mainly Israelis or Jews, were held by hijackers at Entebbe airport during an eight-day crisis concluded when Israeli troops stormed the building where captives were detained.
The hijackers, from the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the German Baader-Meinhof gang, said they wanted the release from prison of Palestinian militants.
But according to the new British information, isra-el’s secret service, the Shin Beit, and the PFLP are alleged to have joined forces in an “unholy alliance†to change foreign policy in the Middle East.
The claim emerged in a document written by official DH Colvin at the British embassy in Paris, quoting a contact at the Euro-Arab Parliamentary Association, as the crisis unfolded.
“According to his information, the hijack was the work of the PFLP, with help from the Israeli Secret Service, the Shin Beit,†he wrote.
The document also suggested that Ugandan president Idi Amin may have been collaborating with the hijackers.
Troops flew some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from Israel to land at the airport and storm the building.
AFP
Some 98 people, mainly Israelis or Jews, were held by hijackers at Entebbe airport during an eight-day crisis concluded when Israeli troops stormed the building where captives were detained.
The hijackers, from the Popular Front for the liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the German Baader-Meinhof gang, said they wanted the release from prison of Palestinian militants.
But according to the new British information, isra-el’s secret service, the Shin Beit, and the PFLP are alleged to have joined forces in an “unholy alliance†to change foreign policy in the Middle East.
The claim emerged in a document written by official DH Colvin at the British embassy in Paris, quoting a contact at the Euro-Arab Parliamentary Association, as the crisis unfolded.
“According to his information, the hijack was the work of the PFLP, with help from the Israeli Secret Service, the Shin Beit,†he wrote.
The document also suggested that Ugandan president Idi Amin may have been collaborating with the hijackers.
Troops flew some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) from Israel to land at the airport and storm the building.
AFP