| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 279 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Restoring diplomatic relations : conceiving the Aliyah : July 1988-January 1990 -- The AAEJ accelerates the process : February-April 1990 -- A potential catastrophe : May-June 1990 -- Chomanesh and Dan'el -- Eggs : Uri Lubrani : cluster bombs : July-October 1990 -- Carrots, not carats : the kitchen cabinet : November-December 1990 -- The doomsday scenario : the Falash Mura : January-February 1991 -- Mengistu's chestnuts : the ante : March 1991 -- Taking the chips away : the Cordon Sanitaire : Rudy Boschwitz : April 1-18, 1991-- The Boschwitz Mission : setting the price : April 24-29, 1991 -- Playing poker with Sechel : May 1-19, 1991 -- The final week : Mengistu's flight : closing the deal : Monday, May 20-Wednesday, May 22, 1991 -- "The wings of history" : Thursday, May 23, 1991 -- Operation Solomon : 4:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Friday, May 24, 1991 -- Operation Solomon, continued : 3:00 p.m., Friday, May 24- 3:00 p.m., Saturday, May 25, 1991 -- Chomanesh crosses the Red Sea |
| Summary |
"Operation Solomon" was one of the most remarkable rescue efforts in modern history, in which more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel in little more than a day. This volume offers an account of this incredible story, based on over 200 interviews and exclusive access to confidential documents. It is an account of a heroic rescue |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Jews -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century
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Operation Solomon, 1991.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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Jews
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
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Ethiopia
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Israel
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781429431064 |
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1429431067 |
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9780195346435 |
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0195346432 |
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