Ethiopian National Project - Today we remember Operation Solomon, which happened 27 years ago, in 1991. Over a 36 hour period, 14,500 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel in 34 planes, making
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Avi Kaner ابراهيم אבי on Twitter: "1/3) From his father escaping the ashes of Auschwitz, his being shot down in 1973 Yom Kippur War, to saving thousands of Ethiopian Jews in 1991
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Before the airlifts, Ethiopian Jews did the heavy lifting to get out of Africa | The Times of Israel
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Special Video of Operation Solomon, the 1991 Airlift of 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel | JDC Archives
Operation Solomon: Thirty years since the rescue of the Jews of Ethiopia - Israel News - The Jerusalem Post
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