ENTEBBE, Uganda (eTN) – UNdunankulu wakwa-Israel uBenjamin Netanyahu uhlela ukuvakasha okuyingqophamlando e-Uganda naseKenya kuleli hlobo ukugubha iminyaka engu-40 kusukela ngo-July 4, 1976, e-Entebbe.
Iphosta yefilimu kaCharles Bronson ku-"Raid on Entebbe"
Lokhu kuzoba wukuvakasha kokuqala kukandunankulu wakwa-Israel e-Sub-Saharan Africa kusukela u-Yitzhak Shamir avakashela amazwe amane aseNtshonalanga Afrika ngo-1987.
Lokhu kuvakasha kungokwakho kuNetanyahu, ngoba eminyakeni engamashumi amane edlule mhla zingama-27 kuNhlangulana 1976, indiza ye-Air France engu-139 eyayilibangise eParis isuka eTel Aviv yadunwa e-Athens amaphekula asePalestine namaJalimane yaphambukiselwa esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Entebbe egameni le-Popular Front. Inkululeko yasePalestine (PFLP).
“Ngihlose ukwenza lokhu eminyakeni engu-40 kwagasela e-Entebbe okwakuyinto emangalisa kakhulu kithina. Kimina, ngokusobala, omunye wemiphumela emikhulu yomuntu siqu,” esho eqinisekisa isimemo sakhe sikaMengameli waseKenya u-Uhuru Kenyatta osanda kwa-Israel.
Ngemuva kobunzima besonto lapho lowo owayenguNdunankulu wakwa-Israel, u-Yitzhak Rabin, athenga khona isikhathi sokuxoxisana nowayenguMongameli wase-Uganda ngaleso sikhathi, u-Idi Amin Dada, kwaqalwa uhlelo lokuhlenga olunesibindi olubizwa ngokuthi “Operation Thunderbolt”.
Bonke abathunjwa bahlengwa ngaphandle kwabathathu kubo kanye nomkhuzi wamasosha akwa-Israyeli, uYonatan Netanyahu (umfowabo kaBenjamin omdala) ababulawa.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, inqwaba yamasosha ase-Uganda abephethe isikhumulo sezindiza ayehlanganyele namasosha akwa-Israel kanye nawo wonke amaphekula ayisikhombisa abulawa kulokhu kugasela.
UJulayi 4, usuku lokuhlenga, selube usuku lwesikhumbuzo lukazwelonke kwa-Israyeli kanye nokusebenza okuqanjwe kabusha ngokuthi "Operation Jonathan" ukuhlonipha umkhuzi owile.
Lokhu kugasela kudlaliwe emafilimini afana ne-Victory at Entebbe (1976) eqondiswa uMarvin J. Chomsky, iRaid On Entebbe (1977) eqondiswa u-Irvin Kershner, kanye ne-Operation Thunderbolt eqokwe nge-Academy Award (1977) eqondiswa uManahem Golan. Izincwadi zifaka phakathi Imizuzu Engamashumi Ayisishagalolunye kaWilliam Stevenson e-Entebbe, neka-Yoni's Last Battle: The Rescue at Entebbe ka-Iddo Netanyahu.
I-Civil Aviation Authority yase-Uganda kusukela ngaleso sikhathi yenza isiphakamiso sokushintsha i-Old Entebbe Airport Control Tower ibe imnyuziyamu yezindiza. "Sizama ukudala indaba yezokuthutha ngendiza e-Uganda kulesi sigcinamagugu, futhi indaba yokuhlasela kwe-Entebbe izoba yingxenye yendaba," kusho imenenja yezokuxhumana kulesi sikhungo, u-Ignie Igunduura, ecashunwa esho kanjalo ephephandabeni eliphuma masonto onke e-East Africa.
Isikhumulo sezindiza esidala sesiphenduke into eheha izivakashi zakwa-Israel kuleli. Ukuvakasha kuka-Netanyahu kuzokhulisa ukubaluleka kwakho kusukela aqala ukuvakasha ngo-2005 futhi wanikezela i-plaque yenkumbulo yomfowabo odongeni lwesakhiwo esidala setheminali e-Entebbe International Airport.
I-Uganda iphinde isingathe “umphakathi wamaJuda” okhulele ekhaya eMpumalanga ye-Uganda owaziwa ngokuthi yi-Ayudaya. Njengoba bephila ngabodwa kuze kube ngasekuqaleni kwawo-1990, laba balimi abasafufusa baye bagcina amasiko amaJuda futhi bagubha iSabatha nemikhosi yekhalenda lamaJuda ndawonye njengemindeni yezizukulwane ezine. Beqondiswa ukholo lwabo emithethweni yamaJuda yeTorah, bathandaza ndawonye ezindlini zodaka eziqokwe njengamasinagoge futhi bacula imithandazo yesiHeberu ngesigqi se-Afro. Asakazeke endaweni eqhele ngamakhilomitha amaningi, amalungu angu-600 alo mphakathi aye abambelela ezinkolelweni zawo ngezimpi zombango nangezikhathi zokungabekezelelani ngokwenkolo.
Mhlawumbe uNetanyahu uzozinika isikhathi ohlelweni lwakhe lokubavakashela, ikakhulukazi njengoba ezimisele ukuvuselela ubudlelwano ne-Afrika emikhakheni yezempilo, isayensi, ezolimo, isayensi, ubuchwepheshe be-cyber kanye nezokuvakasha.
