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Jordanian Army: Six Day War and, 89-100
Jordanian Legion
IDF hostages of, 40-41
Sharon and, 40-41
Six Day War and, 90, 93, 94, 95, 96-97, 98
War of Independence and, 29, 30, 33, 183
Jordanian National Guard, 42
Jordanian Police Academy (Jerusalem), 92, 93-94, 96, 98
Joseph, Dov (Bernard), 32, 35
Kabha, Mustafa, 110
Kaddoumi, Farouk, 261, 262
Kadesh, Operation: Sinai Campaign and, 53, 61-73
Kadima party, 224
Kahalani, Avigdor, 206, 207-11, 212, 213, 244, 323
Kahalani, Emanuel, 212
Kahaner, Shimon “Katcha,” 42, 44, 207, 320
Kamenev, Captain (Soviet pilot), 135
Kandil, Hisham, 297
Kanji, Kamal, 161
Kaplinski, Moshe, 242, 245
Kapusta, Micha, 69, 70, 71, 96-97
Karine A (ship), 266, 267-76
Karten, Michael, 45
Kedem, Ezra “Shark,” 118
Ken-Dror, Yehuda, 70, 71
Kendel, Yehuda, 95
Keshet (Israeli missile ship), 309
Khdeir, Mohammed Abu, 299
Kidron Creek: battle on, 96-97
Kimchi, Hadar, 114, 117, 118, 120-21, 322
Kiryat Malachi: Israeli strike on, 296
Klos C (ship), 266
Kochavi, Aviv, 281, 284-85, 324
Kol Israel radio, 61
Kraus, Menachem, 253
Kubaissi, Basil, 2
Kuhlmann, Brigitte, 4, 6
Kutakhov, Pavel Stepanovich, 137
Labor party, 224
Ladijanski, Oved, 71
Lahat, Shlomo, 53-54, 58
Laner, Dan, 207
Latrun, fortress of: and War of Independence, 29, 30, 31, 40
Lavi, Yoram, 41
Lebanese Army, 157, 172
Lebanon
Beqaa Valley in, 247, 248-53
evacuation of IDF forces from, 246
Israel’s first war with, 238, 239-46, 247, 248-53, 301
Peace for Galilee Operation and, 238, 239-46
PLO expelled from, 258
and prisoner exchanges, 156-57, 158-61
Six Day War and, 79, 85
Syria’s relations with, 247, 248-53
U.S. mediation between Israel and, 252
War of Independence and, 28
See also Beirut
Lebanon War, first, 238, 239-46, 247, 248-53, 301
Lebanon War, second, 301, 303
Lee, Chai, 268
Leibovich, Martin, 126
Levin, Amiram, 12-13, 164, 170, 171
Levy, Deborah, 140, 151
Levy, Motti, 219, 221
Levy, Reginald, 140, 141, 145, 146-47, 151
Levy, Yaki, 198, 199
Lieberman, Avigdor, 295
Likud party, 180, 181, 224
Limassol (Cyprus): killing of Israeli sailors in, 258
Limon, Mordechai “Moka,” 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 322
Limor, Danny, 311
Lipkin-Shahak, Amnon
and Abu Jihad assassination, 259
and assassination of Black September leaders, 165, 166, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175
“Chinese Farm” and, 198
decorations for, 174, 259
professional career of, 322
and rescue of Jews from Ethiopia, 314, 315
Yom Kippur War and, 198
Litani, Operation, 241, 242, 301
Livne, Zvi, 171
Lloyd, Selwyn, 63-64
Lod Airport (Israel): Sabena Airlines plane at, 143-53
London Sunday Times newspaper, 234, 293
Lubrani, Uri, 314
Lufthansa plane: hijacking of, 146
Maayan, Hagai, 172, 173
Macy, Andrew, 168
Magal, Gabi, 94
Magen, Gideon, 155-56, 161
Magen, Zvi, 95
Makov, Avraham, 80
Malmudi, Meir, 94
Marcus, David, 31-32, 34-35
Margal, Aharon, 199
Marom, Eliezer “Chiney,” 268-69, 271, 272, 273, 274, 324
Marom, Leah (Chai Lee), 268
Masrega “Knitting Needle” Unit, IDF, 133
Massas, Benny, 215, 220
Matas, Ze’ev, 126, 128, 129, 130
Matt, Danny
Black Arrow Operation and, 39, 43, 44, 45
“Chinese Farm” and, 196
personal and professional background of, 182-83, 323
Sinai Campaign and, 68, 71
Six Day War and, 183
War of Independence and, 182-83
Yom Kippur War and, 182, 183, 184, 185-86, 188, 189, 196
Medal of Courage
for Dagan, 323
for Har-Zion, 320
for Mordechai, 201
Medal of Distinguished Service
for Dagan, 129
for Kahalani, 323
Medal of Valor
for Ayalon, 103, 321
Black Arrow Operation and, 45
for Kahalani, 212, 323
media
and Abu Jihad assassination, 264
and assassination of Black September leaders, 174
and “Boats of Cherbourg,” 119
Cast Lead Operation and, 290-91, 292
Defensive Shield Operation and, 283
and Iron Dome system, 303
and kidnapping and murder of three teenagers in Gaza, 299
and Park Hotel suicide bombing, 279
and Ras Gharib raid, 128-29
and Soviet pilots with Egyptian Air Force, 137
and Suleiman assassination, 236
and Syria’s nuclear reactor, 233, 234
See also specific organization
Meir, Golda
Amin and, 5
appointment as foreign minister of, 62
and assassination of Black September leaders, 162, 164
Entebbe and, 22
as Prime Minister, 102
and prisoner exchanges, 156
and Sabena Airlines hijacking, 143
and Soviet pilots in Egyptian Air Force, 133, 134
Spring of Youth Operation and, 162, 164
War of Attrition and, 133, 134
Yom Kippur War and, 187, 191
Mengistu Haile Mariam, 310, 314
Miari, Ali el, 4
Middle East
balance of power in, 62
Soviet involvement in conflict in, 131
See also specific nation
Middle East Airlines: and Israeli attack on Beirut airport, 114
Mitla Pass, battle at, 67-73, 91, 183, 227
Mitzna, Amram, 194
Mofaz, Shaul, 19, 267, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275-76, 277, 323
Mole Cricket 19, Operation, 248-52
Moledet party, 321
Mollet, Guy, 63
Mordechai, Yitzhak, 148, 197, 198, 199-200, 201, 265, 323
Morsi, Mohamed, 297
Moses, Operation, 313-14, 315
Mossad
and Abu Jihad assassination, 259, 260-61, 262, 264
and assassination of Black September leaders, 162, 163-75
Entebbe and, 11, 12, 13
and Haddad chocolates, 23
and hijacking of Air France Flight 139, 3-4
and Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor, 226, 227
Karine A attack and, 269
Pillar of Defense Operation and, 297
and rescue of Jews from Ethiopia, 310-11, 312, 313, 314
Spring of Youth Operation and, 162, 163-75
and Syria’s nuclear reactor, 232, 233
Mothers’ Bus: terrorists’ seizure of, 257-59, 264-65
Motti (Sayeret commander), 243
Mount Hermon
Fatah on, 240
Peace for Galilee Operation and, 245
Yom Kippur War and, 214, 215-21
Mount of Olives: Six Day War and, 96, 98
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Mukataa (Arafat headquarters), 278, 279, 282
Munich Olympics (1972): massacre of Israeli athletes at, 162, 164, 170
Nablus Qasbah, Defensive Shield Operation and, 280-82, 284-85
Nablus Road (Jerusalem), 93
Nachmani, Pinchas “Pini,” 155-56, 161
Nachmani, Rochaleh, 161
Nachumi, Amir, 228
Nafach, battle for, 204, 205
Nahaariya: attack on, 258
Nahal Brigade (IDF), 279
Nahmani, Amitai, 170
Nahshon Brigade (IDF), 282-83
Najar, Muhammad al-, 165. See also Yussuf, Abu
Najib, George (pseud.), 261
Narkiss, Uzi, 90
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Ben-Gurion’s policies and, 37
death of, 178
Israeli relations with, 3
and Jordan-Egypt military pact, 89
nationalization of Suez Canal by, 50, 62-63
Sinai Campaign and, 50
Six Day War and, 3, 76, 78
Nasser, Kamal, 165, 170, 171
National Water Carrier facility: bombing of, 258
Nautilus system, 303, 305
Nava, Eitan, 94-95
Navon, Yitzhak, 22, 35-36, 319
Navy, Egyptian, 53
Navy, Israeli
and Boats of Cherbourg, 113-21
Karine A attack and, 272, 273
Pillar of Defense Operation and, 297
Santorini capture by, 269
See also Shayetet 13 (naval commando unit)
Nebi Daniel: Arab attack at, 35
Nebi Samuel: Sharon’s attack on, 41
Netanyahu, Ben-Zion, 4, 148
Netanyahu, Benyamin “Bibi”
Crate Operations and, 156, 157, 158
and hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane, 148, 149, 150, 152-53, 169
Pillar of Defense Operation and, 294, 295
and prisoner exchanges, 156, 157, 158
professional career of, 322
reputation of, 4
and Syria’s nuclear reactor, 235
and terrorism in Gaza, 299, 300
terrorist organizations comment by, 163
Netanyahu, Iddo, 4, 148, 156, 157, 158
Netanyahu, Yonatan “Yoni”
and assassination of Black September leaders, 169, 170, 171
Crate Operations and, 156, 158, 159
death of, 18, 22, 23
Entebbe and, 4-5, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25-26
and hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane, 148, 152-53, 169
Mount Hermon and, 216
personal and professional background of, 4
and prisoner exchanges, 156, 158, 159
reputation of, 4
Spring of Youth Operation and, 169, 170, 171
Yom Kippur War and, 216
Netivei Neft Oil Company, 116
Neuman, Yair, 83
New York Herald Tribune: Burma Road story in, 33
Nimeiry, Gaafar, 310, 313
Nisim, Eddie, 221
Nitzan, Nir, 94-95
Nixon, Richard M., 112, 133
No Margin for Error: The Making of the Israeli Air Force (Yonay), 135
Noa, Operation, 113-21
Noah’s Ark, Operation, 271-76
Norbert, Hershel, 141, 152
Norbert, Ida, 141, 152
North Korea, 232-33
nuclear dangers
Arizona Operation and, 224, 232-35
Begin Doctrine and, 231, 232
and Iraq’s Osiraq nuclear reactor, 224, 225-32, 251, 252
and North Korea, 232-33
Opera Operation and, 224, 225-32, 252
Syria and, 224, 232-35
Obama, Barack, 297
Ocean Vigour (British vessel), 52
Okamoto, Kozo, 8
Old City (Jerusalem), 92, 93, 96, 97-100
Olmert, Ehud, 224, 233, 234, 235, 288, 291, 305
100th Squadron (IAF), 294
101st Airborne Division, U.S., 31
105th Squadron (IAF), 249
110th Squadron (IAF), 79
114th Squadron (IAF), 161
143rd Division (IDF), 180
162nd Division (IDF), 180, 188
184th Tank Battalion (IDF), 194
188th Brigade (IDF) (Barak “Lightning” Brigade), 204, 205, 289
Opera, Operation, 224, 225-32, 252
operations. See specific operation
Oranim (“Cedars”), Operation, 241
Osiraq nuclear reactor (Iraq), 224, 225-32, 251, 252
Oslo Accords, 277
Palestine
British departure from, 28
partitioning of, 28
and War of Independence, 28, 29-36
See also West Bank
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
and Abu Jihad assassination, 259, 260, 261, 263
Arafat as head of, 139, 141, 164, 241
assassination of leaders of, 163-75
exile to Tunisia of, 256, 257-65
French warning about Israelis to, 261
Oslo Accords and, 277
Peace for Galilee Operation and, 239-46
See also Black September; specific person
Palestinian Authority
Bush (George W.) comment about, 276
Defensive Shield Operation and, 278-85
Iran as supplier of weapons for, 267-76
Ramallah as capital of, 278
Umm Jihad and, 264
Palestinian Preventive Security Headquarters (Beitunia), 278
Palmach, 52, 91, 142, 181, 182, 227
Palti, Nadav, 241-42
Pardo, Tamir, 18, 25-26, 297, 323
Park Hotel (Netanya): bombing at, 279, 282
Passo, Yigal, 217, 221
Patton, George, 205
Pazarkar-Sheratzky, Rina, 258
Peace for Galilee, Operation, 238, 239-46
Pecker-Ronen, Ran, 288
Peled, Avi, 278
Peled, Benny, 7, 8, 9, 11, 24
Peled, Moshe “Mussa,” 205, 206-7
Peled, Yehuda, 220
Peres, Shimon
accomplishments of, 2
Brzezinski and, 15-16
David’s Sling by, 7-8
Dayan and, 5, 24, 37
and Entebbe, 5, 7-8, 9, 10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 19, 21, 22, 24
and French-Israeli relations, 62
Gur and, 12, 13, 24
and hijacking of Air France Flight 139, 2, 4, 5
and hijacking of Sebana Airlines plane, 142
and Iraq’s Osirak nuclear reactor, 228, 231
and Netanyahu (Yoni) eulogy, 23
professional career of, 321
Rabin and, 3, 7, 10
and Rafi party, 76
Sevres summit and, 63-66
Sinai Campaign and, 61, 62, 63-66
Peres, Sonia, 15, 22
Peretz, Amir, 302-3, 304-5
Phalanges, 238, 241
Piamenta, Uzi, 41
Piamenta, Yehuda, 41
Pillar of Defense, Operation, 293-98, 302
Pineau, Christian, 63
Pollard (Jonathan) affair, 324
Pompidou, Georges, 112, 115
Popular Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PDFLP), 2, 4, 23, 166, 168, 169-70, 171-74, 321
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), 2, 3, 4, 23, 321
Porat, David, 134, 135
President’s Medal: for Kahalani, 323
Pressler, Yigal, 172, 175
prisoner exchanges
Crate Operations and, 155-61
and Mothers’ Bus attack, 257-58
Project Arrow (Israeli-U.S. joint project), 303
Protective Edge, Operation, 298, 299-304
Pundik, Jacob, 107
“purity of arms” principle, 175
Qalqilya reprisal raid, 47
Qatar, 297
Qawasmeh, Marwan, 304
/> Queen of Sheba, Operation, 313-14
Quneitra (Israeli town), 204, 207, 209
Rabin, Yitzhak
and Abu Jihad assassination, 260
as ambassador to U.S., 102
assassination of, 319
and Entebbe, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13-14, 15, 16, 19, 22, 24
Gur and, 6
and hijacking of Air France Flight 139, 2-3
named chief of staff, 76
Peres and, 3, 7, 10
professional career of, 2-3, 319
Sharon and, 180
and Sharon’s promotion to general, 90
Six Day War and, 86
War of Independence and, 30-31
Rafaeli, Loni, 164
Rafi party, 76
Rafid Gap, 204, 205, 207
Rahamim, Mordechai, 148, 149, 150, 151
Rahma, Fayez Abu, 261
Ram, Ehud, 108
Ram, Victor, 257
Ramallah: and Defensive Shield Operation, 278, 279, 285
Ramon, Ilan, 228, 229-30, 232
Rapoport, Gavrush, 31-32
Ras Gharib, Israeli raid on, 123-30
Rayan, Nizar, 288
Raz, Ze’ev, 228, 229, 231-32
Reagan, Ronald, 231
Red Cross
and hijacking of Sabena Airlines plane, 145, 146, 149, 150
and Nachmani exchange, 161
“Red Sheet” order, 89
Reshef, Amnon, 181, 186, 193, 195, 196, 323
Reshef (Israeli missile ship), 309
retaliation/reprisal raids, 37, 46-47
Revolutionary Guards, Iranian, 275
Rice, Condoleezza, 276
Rif’at, Captain (aka Ali Taha Abu Sneina), 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151
Rimal al-Zahabiya dinner (Syria): Suleiman assassination at, 236
Rimalt, Elimelech, 22
Rimbaud, Gilbert, 168
Rimon 20, Operation, 134-38
Road of Valor. See Burma Road, Israeli
Rockefeller Museum (Jerusalem), 92, 93, 96, 97
Rommel, Erwin, 205
Roni (IDF soldier), 239
Rooster 53, Operation, 123-30
Rooster, Operation, 51, 52-59
Rot, Zalman “Zali,” 108, 110
Rotenberg, Dodik, 94
Rotenberg, Ram, 272, 274
Russak, Haim, 93
Russo, Tal, 297
Sabbag, Aharon, 173
Sabena Airlines plane: hijacking of, 140-53, 164
Sabena, Operation, 140-53, 164
Sabra refugee camp, 238
Sadat, Anwar, 178, 187, 310
Sagi, Yehoshua, 227
Salmon, Avraham, 136
Samueli, Mustafa, 41
San Simon Monastery (Katamon region), 35
Santorini (ship), 269
Saranin, Captain (Soviet pilot), 135
Saridi, Ayish a- (pseud.), 260-61
Sarig, Yossi, 79, 82
Savoy Hotel (Tel Aviv): raid on, 258
Sayeret Matkal (IDF commando unit)
and Abu Jihad assassination, 259, 260, 262, 263
and assassination of Black September leaders, 164-71
Crate Operations and, 155-61
creation of, 144
Entebbe and, 12, 15, 20, 25-26
Green Island raid and, 103, 105, 107, 108