In April 1991, as Ethiopia was ravaged by a civil war, the Israeli government succeeded in transporting 14,200 African Jews from war-torn Ethiopia to Israel in a 25-hour period. Asher Naim, Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia from 1990 to 1992 and responsible for engineering the exit, chronicles the events leading up to the mission Operation Solomon. His book is called Saving the Lost Tribe: The Rescue and Redemption of the Ethiopian Jews.
Music: Deep Impact Soundtrack composer James Horner tracks 2,7
Music: Deep Impact Soundtrack composer James Horner tracks 2,7
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