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Jerusalem Post/Magazine

Peres memoir sheds new light on Israel's most famous military operation

In an excerpt from ‘No Room for Small Dreams’ by Shimon Peres, the late president recalls – while serving as defense minister – plotting the daring raid on Entebbe

SHIMON PERES reads ‘The Jerusalem Post’ in January 1987.
SHIMON PERES reads ‘The Jerusalem Post’ in January 1987.
(photo credit: GUSTAVO FEINBLATT/JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVES)
BySHIMON PERES
SEPTEMBER 13, 2017 21:29
Updated: SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 10:15
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