myattphotoandfotoart39 1 Posted May 13, 2010 On Wednesday, May 12, 2010 the State of Israel held the annual memorial service for some 4000 people from the Ethiopian Jewish Community who perished in the Sudan Desert during their grueling on- foot Exodus to Israel and were unable to fulfill their dream. In 1990 the Israel Government, aware of the worsening danger to the Ethiopian Jews made covert plans to airlift the entire population to Israel. In 36 hours, non-stop flights of 34 Israel aircraft transported 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel. This "Operation Solomon" airlifted twice as many Ethiopians to Israel as "Operation Moses" and "Operation Joshua" combined. The operation set a world record for Single-Flight passenger load on May 24, 1991 when an El Al 747 carried 1,122 passengers to Israel. 1087 passengers were registered but dozens of children hid in their mother's robes. Two babies were born during that flight. G_d Bless George Bush Sr. for his aid and support in these operations. Arab pressure on Sudan ended these waves of immigration and the "aliyah' operation remains to be completed. Some 2100 Ethiopian Jews are still held in Ethiopian Camps under difficult conditions. Today there are more than 36,000 Ethiopian Jews living in Israel. Link to comment
myattphotoandfotoart39 1 Posted May 13, 2010 The text above is based on information from Wikipedia Encyclopedia Link to comment
dara 0 Posted May 14, 2010 Masterful Black and white photography and interesting story..... regards Link to comment
Tanja 0 Posted May 16, 2010 Great photo! I was amazed by this action ! I still am.Regards! Link to comment
myattphotoandfotoart39 1 Posted May 17, 2010 I am not clear on what you mean as "this action". Is "action" meaning the memorial service or "action" meaning the event of exodus from Ethiopia or something else? Thank you for commenting. Link to comment
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