NCJ Number
48732
Date Published
1978
Length
5 pages
Annotation
A DEFENSE AND RATIONALE FOR THE ISRAELI RAID ON ENTEBBE TO FREE TERRORIST HOSTAGES IS PRESENTED, AND IT IS PROMOTED AS AN EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE RESPONSES TO TERRORIST ACTIVITY BY INTERNATIONAL FORCES.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR RECOUNTS HIS EXPERIENCES AND PERCEPTIONS WHILE BEING IN ISRAEL SHORTLY BEFORE AND DURING THE ENTEBBE RAID, AND HIS SUPPORT FOR THE ISRAELI ACTION IS AFFIRMED. TERRORISM IS PORTRAYED AS A TOTALITARIAN FORCE THAT MUST BE ERADICATED BECAUSE OF ITS METHODS AND IDEOLOGY, REGARDLESS OF ITS ORIGINS OR THE NATIONALITY OF ITS ACTORS. THE DEFEAT OF ALL THE PRIMARY VALUES OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY IS SEEN IN THE VICTORY OF ANY TERRORISTS ACT. TERRORISM ADVOCATES THAT AN ELITE SHALL JUDGE THE DIRECTION OF SOCIETY, CONSULTING NO ONE, AND RESPONSIBLE TO NO ONE, AND IT IS POINTED OUT THAT TERRORISM IN PRINCIPLE DENIES THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATE AND SOCIETY, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND INDIVIDUAL. IT IS HELD THAT THESE TERRORIST PRINCIPLES STRIKE AT THE HEART OF LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC BELIEF. IT IS JUDGED THAT THE UNITED NATIONS WILL DO NOTHING ABOUT TERRORISM. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE ACTING, AS ISRAEL DID AT ENTEBBE, IN SELF-DEFENSE UNDER ESTABLISHED INTERNATIONAL DOCTRINE TO DEFEAT TERORISM IS URGED. UNLESS THWARTED, THE INCREASE OF TERRORISM AND ITS HORRORS, EVEN TO THE POINT OF THE USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONRY, IS PREDICTED. (RCB)