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Tag: Rescue Mission

0 Antisemitism Sports

Israel sends planes to Amsterdam to rescue Israeli soccer fans under assault by street mobs

Ron Kampeas in JTA · 8 Nov

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dispatched planes to Amsterdam to evacuate Israeli soccer fans targeted by violent mobs following a match between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax.

0 Politics Israel

The hostage rescue is a joyous distraction. A deal is still key

Rob Eshman in Forward · 9 Jun

The article discusses the recent IDF rescue of hostages from Hamas captivity and emphasizes the importance of pursuing negotiations to release all hostages, end bloodshed, and enhance Israeli and Palestinian security.

0 Israel Politics

Israel rejoices after successful mission to rescue four hostages in Gaza

Ruth Marks Eglash in Jewish Insider · 9 Jun

Israeli special forces successfully carried out a daring operation to rescue four hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, who were tearfully reunited with their families at the Tel Aviv hospital.

0 Israel Politics

The Spy Who Never Came in From the Cold

Gordon Thomas in Tablet · 30 May

William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, spent his last morning on March 16, 1984 in Beirut following his routine before being abducted that day.

0 Politics Israel

The rescue mission that tested burgeoning Israel-Indonesia relations

Lahav Harkov in Jewish Insider · 6 Mar

Amid a deteriorating situation in Gaza following a Hamas invasion, Abdillah Bang Onim and Muhamad Husein, prominent Indonesian humanitarian activists with sizable online followings, faced challenges evacuating from the conflict zone.

0 History Communities

The rarely told story of how a handful of Montreal Jews covertly rescued 300 Ethiopian refugees

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 18 Nov 2021

This episode of The CJN Daily explores the largely unknown story of a group of Montreal Jews who, in the early 1980s, orchestrated a daring and clandestine rescue mission for hundreds of Ethiopian Jews, bringing them safely to Quebec.

0 Communities History

Afghanistan's last Jewish family just fled the country. Their dream home? Canada

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 26 Oct 2021

This episode discusses the harrowing escape of Tova Moradi, one of the last Jewish survivors in Afghanistan, and her family's ordeal under Taliban rule.

0 Communities Politics

Safe houses and smuggled passports: Inside the sprawling Israeli-Canadian effort to rescue a second group of Afghan women

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 14 Oct 2021

The episode discusses an Israeli-Canadian effort led by IsraAID and Canadian-Israeli businessman Sylvan Adams to rescue Afghan women from Taliban rule, highlighting challenges with Canadian immigration bureaucracy.

0 Communities Sports

How billionaire Sylvan Adams helped rescue Afghan’s women cyclists

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 23 Sep 2021

This episode details the harrowing mission led by Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams to rescue members of the Afghan women's national cycling team amidst the Taliban takeover.

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A Final Push to Free Yemen’s Remaining Jews

Esther Levy Chehebar in Tablet · 6 Nov 2020

A group of Brooklyn-based Sephardic Jews has launched a campaign to help Yemen's remaining Jewish population, estimated to be 26 people.