This time
its Palestinian hijackers with a plane full of hostages in Uganda.
Padilha will examine the story from multiple points of view — the German and
Palestinian hijackers, the Israeli (and other nationalities) hostages, as well as Israeli officials like Peres and Rabin.
Palestinian hijackers, aided by two German members of a far - left terrorist group.
Not exact matches
Entebbe is based on true story of four
hijackers who took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Entebbe, Uganda, while they demanded the release of dozens of
Palestinian and pro-
Palestinian prisoners.
It's the 1976 true story, when four
hijackers — two
Palestinian, two German — took a plane hostage and diverted it to land in Entebbe, Uganda, while they demanded the release of dozens of
Palestinian and pro-
Palestinian prisoners.
The plane was taken over by
hijackers when en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, then forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda in an effort to free of dozens of
Palestinians jailed in Israel.
Four decades on, the stand - off between Israel and the
Palestinians is as intractable as ever and this is a film with the ambition to explore dramatically why that might be, highlighting ideological divisions between both the
hijackers and, perhaps more tellingly, between Israeli government ministers too.
On June 27, 1976, four
hijackers — two West German, two
Palestinian — seized control of an Air France plane flying from Athens to Paris.
After a week of tense standoffs (during which time some of the hostages were let go), with the
hijackers demanding the release of dozens of imprisoned
Palestinian militants in exchange for the hostages, the Israeli government sent a unit to Entebbe on a rescue mission.
The plane was diverted to Uganda's Entebbe airport, where with the cooperation of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, the
hijackers demanded that Israel free 50
Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the lives of the Jewish passengers.