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Spector, Stephen, 1946-
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Mengistu Haile-Mariam, 1937-
Operation Solomon, 1991.
Antisemitism -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
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Spector, Stephen, 1946-
Mengistu Haile-Mariam, 1937-
Operation Solomon, 1991.
Antisemitism -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
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Operation Solomon : the daring rescue of the Ethiopian Jews / Stephen Spector.
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Spector, Stephen, 1946-
Oxford University Press, 2005.
Call #:
963
.071
S741o
Subjects
Mengistu Haile-Mariam, 1937-
Operation Solomon, 1991.
Antisemitism -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy.
Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780195307160 (pbk.)
9780195177824 (hc.)
0195177827 (hc.)
Description:
xv, 279 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-268) and index.
Contents:
Restoring diplomatic relations, conceiving the Aliyah : July 1988-January 1990 -- The AAEJ accelerates the process : February-April 1990 -- A potential catastrophe : May-July 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-Wednesday, May 20-22, 1991 -- The wings of history : Thursday, May 23, 1991 -- Operation Solomon : Friday, May 24, 1991, 4:00 AM-3:00 PM -- Operation Solomon, continued : Friday, 3:00 PM-Saturday, 3:00 PM -- Chomanesh crosses the Red Sea.
Summary:
"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. Spector recounts how 20,000 Jews were willingly lured from their ancestral villages to Addis Ababa, expecting to be taken quickly from there to the Holy Land. Instead, they became pawns in a struggle between the Israeli government and Ethiopia's repressive dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who tried to coerce Israel into selling him weapons he needed in a losing war against rebel armies. In the resulting stalemate, the Jewish community was forced to live for nearly a year in squalid hovels, vulnerable to the dangers of the city, including crime and HIV. Worse yet, the imminent collapse of Addis Ababa, with the rebels closing in on the capital, raised the threat of bloody street fighting or even a genocidal attack on the Jews, a small minority in a nation that is primarily Christian and Muslim. Spector describes the tense negotiations among Israelis, Ethiopians, and Americans, which became increasingly urgent as time ran low and the danger mounted. The secret deals and sudden setbacks that nearly aborted the mission at the eleventh hour, even as Israeli jets sat on the runway in Ethiopia"--Provided by publisher.
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