Fifty years ago today, Air France Captain Michel Bacos showed the world what true moral courage looks like.
When Flight 139 was hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists and flown to Entebbe, the non-Jewish passengers were eventually released. Bacos and his crew were also offered their freedom.
However, Bacos, who also served in the French army under DeGaulle, refused to leave his Jewish passengers. All his crew also refused, without exception.
Instead, they chose to remain alongside the 94 Jewish hostages, fully aware of the danger they faced. As Bacos later said, abandoning his passengers was simply "unimaginable."
Days later, they were freed in the legendary Israeli rescue mission, Operation Entebbe, led by Yoni Netanyahu, who would die in the battle.
For his extraordinary courage, Bacos was honoured by both France and Israel. Yet his greatest legacy was not the medals he received, but the example he set: that decency, duty and humanity must never yield to terror or antisemitism.
Michel Bacos was a true hero. May his life, his courage and his memory forever be a blessing and an inspiration.
Imagine strapping an 8-kilo explosive vest on your 14yo son, promising him Islamic paradise for bravely blowing up Jews.
Then you watch IDF soldiers spot the threat, clear civilians, and calmly talk the boy into letting the bomb squad remove it — because jail is better than death.
Now imagine his family having the audacity to launch a global campaign, outraged that the ‘evil Jewish supremacists’ imprisoned their ‘sweet boy’ under ‘apartheid.’
You don’t have to imagine it. This is the Israeli experience, with far too many variations of it happening to absurd degrees.
One of the last photos of the six hostages who were kidnapped by Hamas, tortured, and starved in an underground tunnel in Gaza.
They were later brutally executed.
Hersh, Carmel, Alex, Ori, Almog, Eden.
Never forget.
No. Palestinians aren’t fighting for their existence. They’re fighting to destroy Israel.
If they cared about their existence. They wouldn’t have attacked on Oct 7.
Because blocking women who call you out for your appalling behavior is what you do. You are a coward and stain on humanity @UNSRVAW#ReemAlsalem.
We will not remain silent .
#FireHerNow
You will keep untagging yourself @UNSRVAW, and we will continue tagging you. Why do you even bother? Everyone is aware of what you are. A monster.
@UNSRVAW
I will continue to tag you and call you out for the IslamoNazi that you are @UNSRVAW .
You have no business being in the position that you are in when you deny the testimony of Israeli women who were raped by Palestinian militants and civilians. Shame on you #ReemAlsalem - you are pure, unfiltered evil.
Dear Jew haters,
How we doing today? I have a few questions for you, if you don’t mind.
Just a bit confused.
Does Israel depend on American foreign aid or does Israel control America?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Was Hitler right or did the Holocaust not happen?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Do you want one state from the river to the sea or do you want a two state solution?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Do you want to globalize the intifada or do you want a ceasefire now?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Is there no food in Gaza or were the hostages fed well?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Was October 7th your happiest day or did Israel make it up?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Do you want all Jews out of the west because they are parasites or do you want all Jews out of Israel because they stole the land?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Was Gaza an open air prison prior to 10/7, which is why they attacked Israel or was it a paradise before Israel destroyed it?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Are “Palestinians” refugees or is Gaza their home?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Is anti Zionism the same as antisemitism, which is why you target all Jews anywhere in the world or are they two different things?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Do you believe ALL women or only women who aren’t Jewish?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Did Israel make up the atrocities committed by Hamas and Gazans on 10/7 or is what they did legitimate resistance?
You do realize it can’t be both, right?
Listen, I just need some clarifications because I’m trying to get a grasp on your opinion about Israel.
So, mind clearing things up for me?
Thanks. - Hillel Fuld
Asking for 15 million friends.
I can’t imagine listening to the testimony of a young woman who was kidnapped & raped & feeling nothing, that’s deeply disturbing. @UNSRVAW -
Sound up.
I am calling for a review of the continued tenure of UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative Vanessa Frazier.
Ms. Frazier has promoted falsehoods about Israel and amplified antisemitic content on social media.
There is no place for individuals like her within the international community.
"There is no two-state solution on the table anymore. The Palestinians were given a de facto state in 2005 when every Jew was removed from Gaza. They had 18 years. What did they do with it? Rockets, war, October 7th."
- Douglas Murray
I believe him.
Guy Gilboa-Dalal spoke about the sexual abuse he endured in captivity. He spoke despite the trauma, and despite those who immediately questioned his story.
Let me be clear - I believe every hostage who has found the courage to tell the truth about what happened to them.
No victim should have to prove their pain to strangers.
Listening is the minimum. Believing them is where humanity begins.
Musulmán: Amo a Hamás. Yo mat@ría a bebes israelíes. Primero al bebé. Luego la mamá llora. Y ahí disp@ro a la mamá.
Judío: Pensé que el islam era una religión de paz.
Musulmán: Nooo, jajaja.
Judío: Ahora entiendo todo. Por fin la verdad sale a la luz.