Operation Joshua

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Operation Joshua was a 1985 Israeli-led airlift that rescued and relocated hundreds of Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel as part of a broader effort to bring the Ethiopian Jewish community to safety.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airlift operation
military operation
rescue mission
conflict Ethiopian Civil War
follows Operation Moses
hasAlternativeName Operation Sheba
hasCountry Israel
hasEndTime 1985
hasEthnicTargetGroup Ethiopian Jews
surface form: Beta Israel
hasLanguageOfName English
hasLocation Israel
Sudan
hasMethod airlift
hasNature covert operation
humanitarian operation
hasParticipant Ethiopian Jews
Israel Defense Forces
United States of America
surface form: United States

United States Air Force
hasPurpose relocation of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
rescue of Ethiopian Jews
hasReligionOfTargetGroup Judaism
hasStartTime 1985
isFollowedBy later Ethiopian Jewish aliyah operations
isRelatedTo Aliyah from Ethiopia
surface form: Aliyah

Ethiopian Jews
surface form: Beta Israel community

Ethiopian Jews in Sudanese refugee camps
Israeli immigration policy
numberOfPeopleTransported hundreds of Ethiopian Jews
operatedInContextOf refugee crisis in Sudan
partOf Ethiopian Jews
surface form: Aliyah of Ethiopian Jews to Israel
result Ethiopian Jewish refugees transported from Sudan to Israel

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Operation Moses followedBy Operation Joshua
Operation Solomon precededBy Operation Joshua
Ethiopian Jews significantMigrationEvent Operation Joshua