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Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu was a commander of the elite Israeli army commando unit Sayeret Matkal. He was famously killed in action during Operation Entebbe in Uganda. Netanyahu was born on March 13, 1946, in New York City to parents Benzion and Cela who had moved to the States to work for the New Zionist Organization.
- Hebrew University
The first university established in modern-day Israel, the...
- New Zionist Organization
Revisionist Zionism (Union of Zionists-Revisionists; abbr....
- Benzion Netanyahu
Benzion Netanyahu was an Israeli historian and author on...
- Operation Entebbe
Operation Thunderbolt began at 13:20 on July 3 when the...
- Isaac Abrabanel
Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and...
- Shayetet-13
Shayetet-13 (שייטת; Flotilla-13) is the elite naval commando...
- Hebrew University
In 1972, he and Tuti were divorced. Netanyahu was living with his girlfriend of two years, Bruria, at the time of his death. Military career. After graduating high school, Netanyahu joined the Israeli Defense Forces in 1964. He volunteered to serve in the Paratroopers Brigade, and excelled in the Officer Training Course.
Jul 10, 2021 · The late Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu, a commander in the Israel Defense Force’s elite Sayeret Matkal unit who was the older brother of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suffered from...
The film also includes Yoni’s girlfriend at the time of his death, Bruria Shaked-Okon, the last in his closest circle to see him alive.
Apr 7, 2020 · On the eve of Passover, a year before his death, Yoni penned an unusual love letter to his girlfriend Bruria. In it he wrote that Judaism wasn’t all about death, destruction, slaughter and food,...
Nathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot directed Follow Me, an appealing emotional but enlightening biographical documentary which provides superb insights into the coming of age of Yonatan (Yoni) Netanyahu.
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story is a 2012 American documentary film written by Jonathan Gruber, who co-directed the film with Ari Daniel Pinchot. The film documents the life and death of IDF officer Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu, a member of Sayeret Matkal and the elder brother of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
