Operation Solomon, 1991

Operation Solomon, May 24-25, 1991, which airlifted 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel to flee war, famine, and hostility. Ethiopia at the time prohibited its citizens from emigrating. Courtesy of the American Association of Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ Archives Online).

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Operation Solomon, 1991." (Viewed on December 2, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/operation-solomon-1991-0>.