Has Israel run out of its stash of defensive missiles?
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Freeing Jews cost Israel $35 million –and cigarettes
JERUSALEM — If he could not get arms from Israel, Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam wanted money to let thousands of Jews leave his country.
Mr. Mengistu demanded cash. The money was delivered eventually — as much as $35 million. At the height of the extraordinary evacuation from Addis Ababa, it even took 50 cartons of American-made cigarettes to keep the operation going. Mengistu allowed Israeli aircraft to ferry more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in a 33-hour airlift.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official who flew to Addis Ababa a few hours before the evacuation was to begin said the money was paid after Ethiopian forces surrounded the plane carrying the Israelis who were to run the airlift.
Israelis in Addis Ababa asked the military to load 50 cartons of American cigarettes on one of the planes coming from Tel Aviv. When the cargo arrived, according to one account, the cigarettes persuaded Ethiopian officials to “hasten the process.”
“This guy, Mengistu, held the Jews for ransom. They were hostages, in the true sense of the word.”
JERUSALEM — If he could not get arms from Israel, Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam wanted money to let thousands of Jews leave his country.
Mr. Mengistu demanded cash. The money was delivered eventually — as much as $35 million. At the height of the extraordinary evacuation from Addis Ababa, it even took 50 cartons of American-made cigarettes to keep the operation going. Mengistu allowed Israeli aircraft to ferry more than 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in a 33-hour airlift.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry official who flew to Addis Ababa a few hours before the evacuation was to begin said the money was paid after Ethiopian forces surrounded the plane carrying the Israelis who were to run the airlift.
Israelis in Addis Ababa asked the military to load 50 cartons of American cigarettes on one of the planes coming from Tel Aviv. When the cargo arrived, according to one account, the cigarettes persuaded Ethiopian officials to “hasten the process.”
“This guy, Mengistu, held the Jews for ransom. They were hostages, in the true sense of the word.”
Re: Things getting ugly between Iran & Israel
ቂንጥራም skuñni fiyameta, when you post unrelated topic?
Not sure. The propaganda from both sides is intense, it is impossible to say who is winning.
Not sure. The propaganda from both sides is intense, it is impossible to say who is winning.
Re: Things getting ugly between Iran & Israel
I'm just stating the obvious. You need to make some money, and may be a few packs of cigarettes, so here's your opportunity.
