Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
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Operation Ezra and Nehemiah was the early-1950s Israeli airlift that relocated most of Iraq’s Jewish community to the newly established State of Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Operation Ezra and Nehemiah canonical | 3 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airlift operation
ⓘ
mass immigration operation ⓘ |
| affectedCommunity |
Iraqi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish community of Baghdad
Iraqi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish community of Basra
|
| alsoKnownAs | Operation Ali Baba ⓘ |
| carriedOutDuring | post-1948 Arab–Israeli conflict period ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| endTime | 1952 ⓘ |
| hasAftermath | integration of Iraqi Jews into Israeli society ⓘ |
| hasContext |
early years of the State of Israel
ⓘ
persecution and restrictions on Jews in Iraq ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocus |
Iraqi Jews
ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | major component of Mizrahi Jewish immigration to Israel ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Israeli Ministry of the Interior
ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Ministry of Immigration
Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Ministry of Transportation
|
| isRelatedTo |
Aliyah Bet
ⓘ
Iraqi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
History of Jews in Iraq
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalFramework | Iraqi denaturalization law of 1950 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ezra
ⓘ
Nehemiah ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
decline of Jewish population in Iraq to a small remnant
ⓘ
establishment of large Iraqi Jewish community in Israel ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleTransported | over 120000 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Basra ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
government of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Israel
Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish Agency for Israel
|
| partOf |
Aliyah to Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Aliyah of Middle Eastern and North African Jews
|
| purpose |
rescue of Jewish community from Iraq
ⓘ
to bring Iraqi Jews to Israel ⓘ |
| relocated | Iraqi Jews ⓘ |
| relocatedFrom | Iraq ⓘ |
| relocatedTo |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| result | near-total emigration of Iraqi Jews to Israel ⓘ |
| significantEvent | mass exodus of Jews from Iraq ⓘ |
| startTime | 1950 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| typeOfMigration |
forced migration
ⓘ
mass emigration ⓘ |
| usedTransportMode |
aircraft
ⓘ
airlift ⓘ |
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