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| − | The [[Mossad le-Aliyah Bet]] was an organisation founded to bring Jewish migrants to Mandate Palestine in violation of British imposed immigration controls.<ref name="EarlyOps">[http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Jewish+History/Service/Early+Operations+of+Israeli+Intelligence.htm Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence], The Jewish Agency for Israel, accessed 18 January 2013.</ref> | + | The [[Mossad le-Aliyah Bet]] was an organisation founded by the [[Haganah]] in 1937 to bring Jewish migrants to Mandate Palestine in violation of British imposed immigration controls.<ref name="EarlyOps">[http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Jewish+History/Service/Early+Operations+of+Israeli+Intelligence.htm Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence], The Jewish Agency for Israel, accessed 18 January 2013.</ref><ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.19.</ref> |
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| + | ==Operation Magic Carpet== | ||
| + | In 1948 and 1949, the [[Near East Aircraft Corporation]], an American airline with close ties to the Israeli government flew 50,000 Jews from Aden and Yemen to Israel.<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.36.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Operation Ezra and Nehemiah== | ||
| + | Between 1950 and 1952, Near East Aircraft Corporation flew nearly 150,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel.<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.37.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Disbandment== | ||
| + | Aliya B was disbanded in 1952. Responsibility for covert immigration from Arab countries passed to [[Mossad]] under [[Reuven Shiloah]].<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.38-39.</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
*[[Shaul Avigur]] - head<ref name="EarlyOps">[http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Jewish+History/Service/Early+Operations+of+Israeli+Intelligence.htm Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence], The Jewish Agency for Israel, accessed 18 January 2013.</ref> | *[[Shaul Avigur]] - head<ref name="EarlyOps">[http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Jewish+History/Service/Early+Operations+of+Israeli+Intelligence.htm Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence], The Jewish Agency for Israel, accessed 18 January 2013.</ref> | ||
*[[Amos Manor]] | *[[Amos Manor]] | ||
| + | *[[Asher Ben-Natan]] - Vienna<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.26.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Zion Cohen]] - Iran<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.33.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Shlomo Hillel]]<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.36.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Aryeh Eliav]]<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.105.</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Nehemiah Levanon]]<ref>Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, ''Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community'', Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.225-226.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 18 January 2013
The Mossad le-Aliyah Bet was an organisation founded by the Haganah in 1937 to bring Jewish migrants to Mandate Palestine in violation of British imposed immigration controls.[1][2]
Operation Magic Carpet
In 1948 and 1949, the Near East Aircraft Corporation, an American airline with close ties to the Israeli government flew 50,000 Jews from Aden and Yemen to Israel.[3]
Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
Between 1950 and 1952, Near East Aircraft Corporation flew nearly 150,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel.[4]
Disbandment
Aliya B was disbanded in 1952. Responsibility for covert immigration from Arab countries passed to Mossad under Reuven Shiloah.[5]
People
- Shaul Avigur - head[1]
- Amos Manor
- Asher Ben-Natan - Vienna[6]
- Zion Cohen - Iran[7]
- Shlomo Hillel[8]
- Aryeh Eliav[9]
- Nehemiah Levanon[10]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Early Operations of Israeli Intelligence, The Jewish Agency for Israel, accessed 18 January 2013.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.19.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.36.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.37.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.38-39.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.26.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.33.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.36.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, p.105.
- ↑ Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv, Every Spy a Prince: The Secret History of Israel's Intelligence Community, Houghton Mifflin, 1991, pp.225-226.
