Operation Solomon
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Operation Solomon was a covert Israeli military operation from May 24 to 25, 1991, to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Non-stop flights of 35 Israeli aircraft, including Israeli Air Force C-130s and
An abandoned synagogue in a Jewish village in Ethiopia. Following the complete exodus to Israel of the village’s inhabitants in 1991, the site became a tourist attraction in Ethiopia. No rural Jewish communities remained in Ethiopia after the transfer operation to Addis Ababa from 1988–1991.
Ethiopian Olim stepping out of the IAF's Hercules, May 25, 1991
El Al
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El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. trading as El Al is the flag carrier of the State of Israel. Since its inaugural flight from Geneva to Tel Aviv in September 1948, the airline has grown to serve almost 50 d
Operation Solomon
…operation from May 24 to 25, 1991, to airlift Ethiopian Jews to Israel. Non-stop flights of 35 Israeli aircraft, including Israeli Air Force C-130s and El Al Boeing 747s, transported 14,325 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in 36 hours. One of the aircraft, an El Al 747, carried at least 1,088 people, including two…
An El Al Boeing 787-9
Chaim Weizmann disembarks from an El Al Douglas DC-4 (September 1948)
El Al Lockheed Constellation (1951)
A Curtiss Commando freight aircraft of El Al