Operation Solomon
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Oct 1, 2026
Jimmy JettHOST
Okay.
TylerHOST
During Operation Solomon in 1991, an, uh, 747 evacuated Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
TylerHOST
Um, the often cited number is 1,088 people aboard, and two babies were reportedly born during the flight.
TylerHOST
It remains an extraordinary passenger load for a single aircraft.
Dorri Ben-AmiGUEST
Shamir's government chose restraint.
Dorri Ben-AmiGUEST
That same year, Operation Solomon airlifted more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in roughly 36 hours.
Dorri Ben-AmiGUEST
One decision was not to strike back.
Dorri Ben-AmiGUEST
The other was to move thousands of Jews out of a collapsing country with extraordinary speed.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
That's exactly what happened.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
Operation Solomon, Operation Moses, where the Jewish people claiming to be from the tribe of Manasseh came back home.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
And, you know, the other thing is, do you remember about two years ago or no less, a year, a year and a half ago, Israel made peace with Somaliland.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
And that's very close to Ethiopia as well.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
That's exactly what happened.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
Operation Solomon, Operation Moses, where the Jewish people claiming to be from the tribe of Manasseh came back home.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
And, you know, the other thing is, do you remember about two years ago or no less, a year, a year and a half ago, Israel made peace with Somaliland.
Aaron LavarcoCORRESPONDENT
and that's very close to ethiopia as well and so i wonder if there's some kind of unilateral uh on a governmental level uh trade or um bilateral agreements with israel and ethiopia going on with the ethiopian government but it's good to see them standing there we go back a long way moses's wife Tzipora was Ethiopian.
Jimmy DeYoungNARRATOR
Shabbat is about to begin.
Jimmy DeYoungNARRATOR
All of a sudden I hear the broadcasters say Operation Solomon is underway.
Jimmy DeYoungNARRATOR
I found out what Operation Solomon was.
Jimmy DeYoungNARRATOR
42 aircraft took off from Ben-Gurion Airport, flew across southern Israel, the Red Sea, northern Africa into Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jimmy DeYoungNARRATOR
Meanwhile, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15,000 Jews had made their way to the airport.
Laser BermanHOST
He was on the security team for Anwar Sadat when the Egyptian leader visited Israel.
Laser BermanHOST
He was part of the security force in Operation Solomon in Ethiopia in 1991, served in command roles in the First Lebanon War, the Second Lebanon War, the Second Intifada, and also some of the fights against Hamas and became the IDF's 20th Chief of Staff in 2011.
Laser BermanHOST
Benny Gantz entered politics with the Chosen Lisrael, the Israel Resilience Party in 2018, served in a number of senior ministerial roles, defense minister, justice minister, and for eight months after October 7th, minister in the war cabinet.
Laser BermanHOST
He is currently the head of the Blue and White Party.
Lazar BermanHOST
He was on the security team for Anwar Sadat when the Egyptian leader visited Israel.
Lazar BermanHOST
He was part of the security force in Operation Solomon in Ethiopia in 1991, served in command roles in the First Lebanon War, the Second Lebanon War, the Second Intifada, and also some of the fights against Hamas and became the IDF's 20th Chief of Staff in 2011.
Lazar BermanHOST
Benny Gantz entered politics with the Chosen Lisrael, the Israel Resilience Party in 2018, served in a number of senior ministerial roles, defense minister, justice minister, and for eight months after October 7th, minister in the war cabinet.
Lazar BermanHOST
He is currently the head of the Blue and White Party.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Okay, Israel's Black population, basically they imported from Ethiopia.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were Black Jews, right? Um, they saved about 20,000 of them from genocide in two cool operations called Operation Moses and Operation Solomon.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
These operations happened in the '90s.
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The population has grown to 200,000.