Marking the 40th anniversary of Israel’s rescue operation of 100 Jews and Israeli’s being held at the Ugandan airport by Palestinian and German terrorists was his first duty at the start of the first visit to sub-Saharan Africa by an Israeli leader in more than 30 years.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, starting his five-day trip when he’s meet seven African leaders in four countries says  its emotional for him to stand very near where his brother Yonathan fell in the 1976 Israeli commando raid to extract Jewish and Israeli passengers from an Air France flight held hostage at the Entebbe Airport.

He says the fight against terror continues today threatening every country and continent.

The world  must stand united in one spirit, and one front, in the spirit of Entebbe.

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He’s the first sub-saharan Israeli leader to visit sub-Saharan Africa in three decades.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit starts in Entebbe, forty years after Israeli commandos rescued 100 Israelis and Jews being held by Palestinian and German terrorists.

Netanyahu’s brother Yonathan, who commanded the special troops, was killed in the operation.

The Israeli leader will go on to Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda.

His visit is being projected as  Israel reaching out for new friends in Africa after controversial treatment of illegal migrants from the continent by his government.

Netanyahu cancelled a planned visit to South Africa for former President Nelson Mandela’s funeral.

It was seen as signifying deteriorating bilateral relations

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