Ugandan President Repeatedly Refers To Israel As ‘Palestine’ During Benjamin Netanyahu Visit
In what was termed a “rambling and bizarre” speech, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni was referring to Operation Entebbe, which happened 40 years ago. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Uganda on Monday, July 4 at the start of his four-country tour of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Ugandan leg of his tour was an emotional visit for Netanyahu, as together with the Ugandan President, he attended an event in Entebbe to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1976 hijacking by Palestinian militants of an Air France flight.
At the time, the hijacked plane flying from Tel Aviv was welcomed by the then dictator of Uganda, Idi Amin. However, while many of the hostages on the plane were freed by the hijackers, Israeli passengers were held under armed guard in an old terminal building in the airport.
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