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Title:Ethiopia: Airlift To Evacuate Ethiopian Jews Is Completed
Date:25th May 1991
Summary:A massive Israeli airlift to evacuate up to 18,000 Ethiopian Jews - known as Falashas - from Addis Ababa was completed on the morning of May 25. Israeli officials said the plan was to complete the military-backed operation within 36 hours, ahead of any potential change of power in the Ethiopian capital. Thousands of Falashas surrounded the Israeli embassy in Addis Ababa, pleading to be allowed into the compound.
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Location:ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA ABYSSINIA
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