{"product_id":"we-will-not-be-hijacked-uri-bar-lev-9798893900521","title":"We Will Not Be Hijacked: A Life Story of Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If the world had listened\", argued Bar-Lev, 9\/11 events might have been avoided.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 6th, 1970 was a seminal day for international civil aviation. For the first time, after dozens of hijackings of passenger planes around the globe - El Al Captain Uri Bar-Lev and his crew managed to thwart an attempt to hijack their plane while it was still in the air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo this day, their actions are considered the one and only thwarting operation in civil aviation's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUri Bar-Lev's story tells of the beginning of the Israeli Air Force and El Al Airlines. From his childhood in Avihayil, through his moves to Haifa and Tel Aviv \"to learn a craft,\" his joining the Palmach (an elite combined strike force of the Haganah), to serendipitously becoming a fighter pilot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis is a story filled with moments of levity and uncompromising battles all of which he came on top of injuries sustained in a severe car accident, thwarting terrorists, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA), aviation elements in Israel and around the world, and finally his battle with cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Uri Bar-Lev\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798893900521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Braughler Books, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Uri Bar-Lev","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47040156401919,"sku":"9798893900521","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_abbc6249-6373-47eb-a170-0580b938a8c6.jpg?v=1752753725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/we-will-not-be-hijacked-uri-bar-lev-9798893900521","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}