90 Minutes at Entebbe - The Story Behind Operation Thunderbolt
Jeremy Prescott SpeakerNet Sponsor
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- 30th October 2020
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The story of the hijacking of an Israeli civilian aircraft in 1976 en route to Paris from Tel Aviv diverted firstly to Benghazi and then to Entebbe in Uganda. The reaction of the Israeli government and the options for ending the hostage crisis, the eventual plan and the implementation of the hostage rescue operation, the death of the Israeli Special Forces Commander, Lt Col Yoni Netanyahu, during the assault and the success of the operation in combatting future aircraft hijacking.
Views: 936 | Enquiries: 10About Jeremy Prescott
Jeremy Prescott served for 26 years as an Army Officer seeing operational service in Dhofar, Oman and 4 tours in Northern Ireland. After retiring from the Army he was appointed as CEO of a charity covering Leics and Rutland which supported rural communities. In this role he facilitated 6 successful bids to the Lottery for over £1m. In 2013 in order to help communities in their own commemoration of the 100th anniversary of WW1 he developed the “Sacrifice and Remembrance” project delivering presentations on that theme - www.sacrificeandremembrance.com. After retiring from the charity after 18 years he has further developed this project and now presents on 14 different topics. To date these talks have been given in over 450 venues to 16,000 people. As a result of the Covid - 19 crisis he has been offering these presentations via Zoom across the country. He does these presentations entirely on a voluntary basis but encourages donations to Combat Stress - The Veterans Mental Health Charity. To date he has raised over £26,000 for Combat Stress. He now lives in Southsea Hants
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