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Remembering
Operation Moses
Between Nov. 21, 1984, and Jan.
5, 1985, some 8,000 Ethiopian
Jews were airlifted to Israel in
the legendary Operation Moses.
The Immigration and Absorption
Department of the Jewish
Agency, the Ministry of Absorp-
tion, the Israel Defense Forces
and other security forces were all
partner to this complex, covert
human mission.
The need for Operation Moses
arose from the arrival of thou-
sands of Ethiopian Jews in Su-
dan during the early 1980s and
the dire situation in the refugee
camps where they were interned:
epidemics, hunger and a high
mortality rate.
Late one November night, an
Israeli airplane arrived in the Su-
danese capital of Khartoum,
where it took on 220 soon-to-be
Israeli immigrants. The airlift
continued over a period of 45 days
with the Israeli plane making 28
night flights with its human car-
go, landing each time at an air-
port in central Israel.
Preparations in Israel quietly
reached full swing. Volunteers,
social workers and translators
from all over Israel were recruit-
ed to welcome the new arrivals
and reunite them with their fam-
ilies. Doctors were on hand at the
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Secret airlift of
Ethiopian Jews.
airport day and night in
makeshift infirmaries, a constant
supply of food and drink was
available, transportation was
arranged to and from hospitals
for the sick and to bring repre-
sentatives of each institution in-
volved in the operation to the
airport to welcome each flight.
The operation came to the at-
tention of the Sudan government
as a result of untimely press cov-
erage. The Arab countries, furi-
ous over the airlift, pressured
Sudan and Ethiopia to prevent
any more Jews from leaving for
Israel. The 5,000 Jews remain-
ing in the refugee camps were
thus forced to wait several more
agonizing months until they were
finally allowed to leave and join
their families in Israel.
On March 28, 1985, an addi-
tional airlift, arranged with as-
sistance from the U.S.
government and using American
cargo planes, brought an addi-
tional 600 Ethiopian Jews to Is-
rael. The remainder arrived in
stages over the next few months,
and only as a result of intense ne-
gotiation with the Sudanese gov-
ernment. Operation Moses was
finally over.
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