Mamdani’s Uganda homeland honors Netanyahu’s brother with monumental tribute

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · Aug 15, 2026 · 673 words · By Doree Lewak

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A new bronze statue of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fallen commando brother was unveiled earlier this month in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s native Uganda — cementing the lovefest between the African country and the stridently pro-Palestine mayor’s…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The hijackers demanded $5 million and the release of dozens of Palestinian terrorists.”

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Independent sources (Algemeiner.com and others) confirm the hijackers demanded $5 million and the release of Palestinian terrorists.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Entebbe raid, also known as Operation Entebbe and officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (subsequently Operation Yonatan), was a 3 July 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda. It was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entebbe_raid

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Aircraft hijackings involving Palestinian militant groups were a notable tactic used in the context of the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. While other hijac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_hijackings_an…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michel Bacos (3 May 1924 – 26 March 2019) was a French airline pilot. He was the captain of Air France Flight 139 when it was hijacked on 27 June 1976 by terrorists belonging to the German Revolutiona…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bacos

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Claim 2: “Israel’s bold mission... was led by Bibi’s older brother, a lieutenant colonel, and saved 102 out of 106 hostages.”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the mission was led by Yonatan Netanyahu and that 102 of 106 hostages were rescued.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sayeret Matkal (Hebrew: סיירת מטכ״ל) (formerly Unit 269 or Unit 262) (English: General Staff Reconnaissance Unit) is an elite special reconnaissance unit of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayeret_Matkal

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor for film and television. His films include the neo-noir action thriller Across 110th Street (1972), the James Bond fil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaphet_Kotto

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu (Hebrew: יוֹנָתָן "יוֹנִי" נְתַנְיָהוּ, pronounced [jonaˈtan ˈjoni netanˈjahu]; March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal dur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonatan_Netanyahu

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Claim 3: “the African country — where the mayor owns four acres in Jinja — has transformed since Zo was a kid, beginning with restored diplomatic relations in 1994”

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No evidence was found regarding Zohran Mamdani owning four acres in Jinja or the specific date of restored diplomatic relations in the provided search results.

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Claim 4: “The statue of Yoni was unveiled Aug. 1 at the Old Entebbe Terminal during a ceremony attended by several Ugandan military bigwigs”

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Web search results from RFI and other sources confirm the statue was unveiled at the Old Entebbe Terminal by Ugandan military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

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web search NEUTRAL — The statue of Yonatan Netanyahu holding an assault rifle was unveiled on Saturday by Ugandan military chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who said he commissioned the monument to pay tribute to the soldie…
https://www.rfi.fr/en/africa/20260804-ugandan-military-honou…

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web search NEUTRAL — Uganda has unveiled a statue of Yonatan Netanyahu, the older brother of Israel's prime minister, who was killed during the Entebbe hostage rescue mission 50 years ago.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9v471x89m3o

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web search NEUTRAL — The statue of Yonathan Netanyahu was unveiled at the old Entebbe terminal in Uganda (UPDF).
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/why-did-uganda-unveil-bro…

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Claim 5: “The hijackers diverted the Paris-bound flight from Tel Aviv with 246 passengers to Uganda, then headed by Israel-hating dictator Idi Amin.”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm Air France Flight 139 from Tel Aviv to Paris was diverted to Uganda under Idi Amin.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dora Bloch (née Feinberg; October 1902 – July 1976) was an Israeli hostage on Air France Flight 139 on 26 June 1976. Taking off from Tel Aviv, Israel, and destined for Paris, France, the plane soon l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Dora_Bloch

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ernst Wilfried Böse (7 February 1949 – 4 July 1976) was a West German left-wing militant who co-founded the Revolutionäre Zellen. He carried out attacks in West Germany and in 1976 was involved in the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfried_Böse

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Claim 6: “Mamdani, who was born in the eastern African nation, holds dual US and Ugandan citizenship, and moved to the US at age 7 after being raised in South Africa.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm Zohran Mamdani's birthplace (Uganda), dual citizenship, upbringing in South Africa, and move to the US at age 7.

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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani, who holds dual U.S. and Ugandan citizenship, was born in Uganda, raised in South Africa and moved to New York City at age 7.Fox News Digital reached out to the mayor's office for comment.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/resurfaced-mamdani-in…

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web search NEUTRAL — Executive summary Zohran Kwame Mamdani was born in Kampala, Uganda, on October 18, 1991, and spent the first years of his childhood in East and Southern A...Searched for: "Zohran Mamdani birthplace an…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/where-was-zohran-m…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani holds dual U.S. and Ugandan citizenship. He was born in Uganda and was raised in South Africa until moving to New York City at age 7.
https://gun-rights.org/news/jeffries-declines-to-endorse-mam…

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Claim 7: “General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces in Uganda, kvelled on Twitter about the two countries’ deep bond.”

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Claim 8: “The monument to Yonatan “Yoni” Netanyahu, marked 50 years since the famed “Raid on Entebbe,” or Operation Thunderbolt, Israel’s daring rescue of hostages aboard an Air France plane hijacked on June 27, 1976 by Islamic terrorists at Entebbe Airport.”

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Wikipedia confirms the Entebbe raid (Operation Thunderbolt) took place in July 1976 to rescue hostages from a hijacked Air France plane at Entebbe Airport. The hijacking itself began on June 27, 1976.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Operation Thunderbolt, known in Israel as Mivtza Yonatan (מבצע יונתן, literally 'Operation Jonathan'), also called Entebbe: Operation Thunderbolt in the US, is a 1977 Israeli film directed and co-writ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Thunderbolt_(film)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Raid on Entebbe is a 1977 NBC television film directed by Irvin Kershner. It is based on the Entebbe raid, an Israeli military operation to liberate hostages at Entebbe Airport in Uganda, on July 4, 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Entebbe_(film)

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Claim 9: “The only one military loss was Yoni, who was shot and killed by a Ugandan sniper on July 4, 1976.”

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Multiple sources confirm Yonatan Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed during the operation on July 4, 1976.

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web search NEUTRAL — ; March 13, 1946 – July 4, 1976) was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid. The raid was launched in response to the 1976 hijacking of an international civil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonatan_Netanyahu

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web search NEUTRAL — On July 4, 1976, Netanyahu led Operation Entebbe, a mission to free 105 Jewish hostages being held in Entebbe, Uganda by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine who had days earli…
https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/Yoni_Neta…

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web search NEUTRAL — Raid on Entebbe - C130. A mission was selected that would involve two 707s, four C-130s, and a 29-man assault unit led by Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, this force was composed entirely of commandos from…
https://sierrahotel.net/blogs/news/raid-on-entebbe

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Claim 10: “In his new book, “Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni and the Making of the Ugandan State,” released in February, the mayor’s Israel-bashing Columbia professor father, Mahmood Mamdani, painted the cruel, unhinged dictator Amin as a product of Israeli machinations.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a book titled 'Slow Poison' by Mahmood Mamdani released in February.

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Claim 11: “A new bronze statue of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fallen commando brother was unveiled earlier this month in Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s native Uganda”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Uganda unveiled a bronze statue of Yonatan Netanyahu to mark the anniversary of the Entebbe raid.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nathan Mileikowsky (Polish: Natan Milejkowski, IPA: [ˈna.tan mi.lɛjˈkɔf.skʲ]; Russian: Натан Милейковский, IPA: [nɐˈtan mʲɪlʲɪjˈkofskʲɪj]; Hebrew: נתן מיליקובסקי; 15 August 1879 – 4 February 1935) was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mileikowsky

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