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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is officially resigning. He promised to step down immediately after his governing Kadima Party elected a leader to replace him. (Sept. 21)

According to TV exit polls, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni won a clear victory in an Israeli primary election, placing her in a good position to become Israel's first female leader in 34 years. (Sept. 17)

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni declared victory Thursday in a surprisingly tight race to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as head of Israel's governing party, and says she will now turn to the task of putting together a new government. (Sept. 18)

Director/screenwriter Shimon Dotan discusses his documentary about Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails and his experiences making the film.

Senior Exodist Rob Corddry reports on the Israeli withdrawal of settlers from the Gaza Strip.

On June 29, 1976, an Air France flight bound for Israel was hijacked by four armed Palestinian and West German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, Uganda. The East African nation was headed at the time by the ruthless dictator Idi Amin, who had broken ties with Israel in 1972 and was sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. At Entebbe Airport, the hijackers were joined by three additional accomplices. The terrorists freed the non-Israeli passengers, keeping 102 Israeli hostages, who they said would be freed in exchange for the release of 53 jailed terrorists and a $5 million ransom. Learning that Amin's troops were aiding the terrorists, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's cabinet planned a daring commando raid. On the night of July 3-4, three C-130 cargo planes carrying some 200 elite Israeli troops flew to Entebbe and descended on the airport. In a stunning military operation, the commandos took less than an hour to free 98 of the hostages and put them on a rescue plane back to Israel. In heavy fighting at the terminal where the hostages were being held, all seven terrorists were killed along with an estimated 40 Ugandan policemen and troops, three hostages, and Israeli commando leader Yonatan Netanyahu (brother of the future Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu). An elderly hostage who had been taken to a hospital before the raid was later murdered on Amin's orders. Before departing Entebbe, the Israeli forces destroyed 11 MiG fighters in order to prevent pursuit by the Ugandan air force. The spectacular success of the Entebbe raid greatly boosted Israeli morale, but the country's leaders were forced to contend with many questions from the international community over the legality of the operation.

On June 29, 1976, an Air France flight bound for Israel was hijacked by four armed Palestinian and West German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, Uganda. The East African nation was headed at the time by the ruthless dictator Idi Amin, who had broken ties with Israel in 1972 and was sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. At Entebbe Airport, the hijackers were joined by three additional accomplices. The terrorists freed the non-Israeli passengers but kept 102 Israeli hostages, stating they would be freed in exchange for the release of 53 jailed terrorists and a $5 million ransom. Learning that Amin's troops were aiding the terrorists, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's cabinet planned a daring commando raid.On the night of July 3-4, three C-130 cargo planes carrying some 200 elite Israeli troops flew to Entebbe and descended on the airport. In a stunning military operation, the commandos took less than an hour to free 98 of the hostages and put them on a rescue plane back to Israel. In heavy fighting at the terminal where the hostages were being held, all seven terrorists were killed, along with an estimated 40 Ugandan policemen and troops, three hostages, and Israeli commando leader Yonatan Netanyahu (brother of the future Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu). An elderly hostage who had been taken to a hospital before the raid was later murdered on Amin's orders. Before departing Entebbe, the Israeli forces destroyed 11 MiG fighters in order to prevent pursuit by the Ugandan air force. The spectacular success of the Entebbe raid greatly boosted Israeli morale, but the country's leaders were forced to contend with many questions from the international community over the legality of the operation.

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