Operation Ezra and Nehemiah
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Operation Ezra and Nehemiah was the early-1950s Israeli airlift that relocated most of Iraq’s Jewish community to the newly established State of Israel.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Operation Ezra and Nehemiah canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3039347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Ezra and Nehemiah Context triple: [Iraqi Jews, massAliyahPeriod, Operation Ezra and Nehemiah]
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A.
Operation Joshua
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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B.
Operation Hiram
Operation Hiram was a major Israeli military offensive in late 1948 that rapidly captured the Upper Galilee from Arab forces during the closing stages of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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C.
Operation Moses
Operation Moses was a covert 1984–1985 airlift that rescued and relocated thousands of Ethiopian Jews from famine and persecution in Sudan to Israel.
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D.
The Judean Story
The Judean Story is a segment or subplot within the 1989 film "Intolerance" that focuses on events and characters set in ancient Judea.
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E.
Operation Nachshon
Operation Nachshon was an early 1948 Haganah offensive aimed at breaking the Arab blockade of the road to Jerusalem during the Arab–Israeli War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Operation Ezra and Nehemiah Target entity description: Operation Ezra and Nehemiah was the early-1950s Israeli airlift that relocated most of Iraq’s Jewish community to the newly established State of Israel.
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A.
Operation Joshua
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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B.
Operation Hiram
Operation Hiram was a major Israeli military offensive in late 1948 that rapidly captured the Upper Galilee from Arab forces during the closing stages of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
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C.
Operation Moses
Operation Moses was a covert 1984–1985 airlift that rescued and relocated thousands of Ethiopian Jews from famine and persecution in Sudan to Israel.
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D.
The Judean Story
The Judean Story is a segment or subplot within the 1989 film "Intolerance" that focuses on events and characters set in ancient Judea.
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E.
Operation Nachshon
Operation Nachshon was an early 1948 Haganah offensive aimed at breaking the Arab blockade of the road to Jerusalem during the Arab–Israeli War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airlift operation
ⓘ
mass immigration operation ⓘ |
| affectedCommunity |
Iraqi Jews
ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish community of Baghdad
Iraqi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish community of Basra
|
| alsoKnownAs | Operation Ali Baba ⓘ |
| carriedOutDuring | post-1948 Arab–Israeli conflict period ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| endTime | 1952 ⓘ |
| hasAftermath | integration of Iraqi Jews into Israeli society ⓘ |
| hasContext |
early years of the State of Israel
ⓘ
persecution and restrictions on Jews in Iraq ⓘ |
| hasEthnicFocus |
Iraqi Jews
ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalSignificance | major component of Mizrahi Jewish immigration to Israel ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Israeli Ministry of the Interior
ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Ministry of Immigration
Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli Ministry of Transportation
|
| isRelatedTo |
Aliyah Bet
ⓘ
Iraqi Jews ⓘ
surface form:
History of Jews in Iraq
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalFramework | Iraqi denaturalization law of 1950 ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ezra
ⓘ
Nehemiah ⓘ |
| notableConsequence |
decline of Jewish population in Iraq to a small remnant
ⓘ
establishment of large Iraqi Jewish community in Israel ⓘ |
| numberOfPeopleTransported | over 120000 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Baghdad
ⓘ
Basra ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Israel ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
government of Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Government of Israel
Jewish Agency for Palestine ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish Agency for Israel
|
| partOf |
Aliyah to Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
Aliyah of Middle Eastern and North African Jews
|
| purpose |
rescue of Jewish community from Iraq
ⓘ
to bring Iraqi Jews to Israel ⓘ |
| relocated | Iraqi Jews ⓘ |
| relocatedFrom | Iraq ⓘ |
| relocatedTo |
Israel
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Israel
|
| result | near-total emigration of Iraqi Jews to Israel ⓘ |
| significantEvent | mass exodus of Jews from Iraq ⓘ |
| startTime | 1950 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1950s ⓘ |
| typeOfMigration |
forced migration
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mass emigration ⓘ |
| usedTransportMode |
aircraft
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airlift ⓘ |
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Subject: Operation Ezra and Nehemiah Description of subject: Operation Ezra and Nehemiah was the early-1950s Israeli airlift that relocated most of Iraq’s Jewish community to the newly established State of Israel.
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