Operation Moses, named after the biblical figure Moses, was the covert removal of Ethiopian Jews (known as Beta Israel) from Sudan during a famine in 1984. The operation was a cooperative effort between the Israel Defense Forces, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States embassy in Khartoum, mercenaries and Sudanese state security forces. The holy Jewish scripture: The Torah. ... Moses or Móshe (מֹשֶׁה, Standard Hebrew Móše, Tiberian Hebrew Mōšeh, Arabic موسى Musa), son of Amram and his wife, Jochebed, a Levite. ... The Beta Israel (or House of Israel), known by outsiders by the term Falasha or Falash Mura (exiles or strangers), a term which they consider to be pejorative, are Jews of Ethiopian origin. ... A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are undernourished and death by starvation becomes increasingly common. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces, comprising the Israel army, Israel air force and Israel navy. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... A diplomatic mission is a group of people from one nation state present in another nation state to represent the sending state in the receiving State. ... Map of Sudan with Khartoum Map of Khartoum with Ohmdurman and Bahri Khartoum (Arabic الخرطوم al-Ḫarṭūm elephant trunk) is the capital of Sudan, as well as the capital of the state of Khartoum. ... A mercenary is a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare primarily for private gain, usually with little regard for ideological, national or political considerations. ...

Begun November 21, 1984, it involved the air transport of some 8,000 Ethiopian Jews from Sudan directly to Israel, ending January 5, 1985. Thousands of Beta Israel had fled Ethiopia on foot for refugee camps in Sudan. It is estimated as many as 4,000 died during the trek. Sudan secretly allowed Israel to evacuate the refugees. Once the story broke in the media, Arab countries pressured Sudan to stop the airlift. Some 1,000 Ethiopian Jews were left behind. Most of them were evacuated later in the U.S.-led Operation Joshua. More than 1,000 so-called "orphans of circumstance" existed in Israel, children separated from their families still in Africa, until Operation Solomon completed the migration of the Ethiopian Jews. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In 1985, then Vice President George H. W. Bush arranged a CIA-sponsored follow-up mission to Operation Moses. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and second most populous after Asia. ...

This operation was the subject of an Israeli-French film titled “Live and Become”, directed by Romanian born Radu Mihaileanu. The film is based on an Ethiopian Christian child whose mother forces him to pass off as Jew so he can immigrate to Israel along with the Jews in order to escape famine that is looming in Ethiopia. The film went on to get the best film award at the Copenhagen International Film Festival A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population of a region or country are undernourished and death by starvation becomes increasingly common. ... Copenhagen International Film Festival is a film festival held in Copenhagen. ...

See also

• Operation Joshua
• Operation Solomon

In 1985, then Vice President George H. W. Bush arranged a CIA-sponsored follow-up mission to Operation Moses. ...

External link

• Israel Assosciation for Ethiopian Jews