Talk:Operation Solomon

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Baby

 * "which became 1088 as a baby was born mid-flight"

If this addition is not cited, I will remove it soon.

I found a reference where someone interviews the babies born on the plane, taken in 2011 at age 20. Worrypower (talk) 03:47, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

No information on *where*
This information has no information on where the airlift took place, except for ambiguous references to Ethiopia. Was this in Addis Ababa? -Rolypolyman (talk) 00:48, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Dubious
The statement "Operation Solomon airlifted twice as many Ethiopian Jews to Israel as Operation Moses and Operation Joshua combined." is dubious, as it contradicts the most commonly given numbers for these operations. (Moses ~8000; Joshua ~800; Solomon ~14,500.) The statement existed at the creation of this article, and it is not sourced. --NilsTycho (talk) 21:05, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

Wrong Name
It says "In addition, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Hank Cohen" and it should say Herman Cohen instead because that is his official name and should be linked to his page.

Not too much information on how
This page does not talk about what the guiding factor was. It happened to be that the Jewish community raised around $35 dollar that they are giving to the Ethiopian government so that the Jews there could come over to Israel.

Yitzhak Shamir
There is no information on the former Prime Minister in this article and he was a crucial part of the operation. He was the one who gave the okay for it. He was the guiding factor for it because he oversaw it and was the one who gave it the final push but allowing it to happen.

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 * NEW IMMIGRANTS FROM ETHIOPIA DISEMBARK AT BEN GURION AIRPORT.D206-056.jpg

Adding in the AAEJ and clarification
I plan on adding to, rearranging and slightly editing this article. I will add content based on the book, “Operation Solomon: the daring rescue of the Ethiopian Jews by Stephen Spector”. Stephen Spector has authored many books on Israel. I plan on adding in the involvement of the American Association of Ethiopian Jews (AAEJ) in the sub-sections of “History of the Operation” and the “Lead Up”. I will also add in a sentence elaborating on Herman Cohen’s involvement in the negotiations with Ethiopia. The AAEJ played an important part in accelerating the process of Operation Solomon. I also will add some information about Susan Pollack, who was an instrumental member of the AAEJ and reported the conditions that Ethiopian Jews were living in. I will also clarify some sentences that seem unclear. I plan on moving the section "Lead up" to before the section "Operation" because it makes sense chronologically. I will add about 200-300 words in edits. If anyone has any input, please leave a comment on here or on my talk page. Amandap98 (talk) 00:13, 16 November 2019 (UTC)

Editing History, first paragraph
Plan on making changes to first paragraph of History in article to clarifying that Operation Moses and Joshua moved Ethiopian Jews from Sudan to Israel. Will also add source supporting this. Additionally, plan on edit some sentences to clarify their meaning. If any comments to this, please let me know. Chris Lindström (talk) 13:22, 6 November 2020 (UTC)

Awkward sentence in lede
"Before the mission, there were two similar operations called Operation Moses and Operation Joshua, which were the alternative ways that Ethiopian Jews could leave before they were forced to put an end to these type of programs."

The term "these type of programs" reads awkwardly to me. Instead, why don't we indicate the type of programs we're referring to? Can we replace "these type of programs" with "Aliyah missions"?

JohnR1Roberts (talk) 15:26, 8 March 2024 (UTC)