Magic Carpet aliyah

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Magic Carpet aliyah is the mass airlift operation that transported tens of thousands of Yemenite Jews to the newly established State of Israel between 1949 and 1950.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf airlift operation
historical event
mass immigration operation
airlineUsed Alaska Airlines
Near East Air Transport
other chartered airlines
alsoKnownAs Kanfei Nesharim
Operation Magic Carpet
Operation On Wings of Eagles
countryOfDestination Israel
countryOfOrigin Yemen
endTime 1950
follows establishment of the State of Israel in 1948
hasCause desire of Yemenite Jews to immigrate to Israel
persecution of Jews in Yemen
rise of hostility toward Jews in Yemen after the establishment of Israel
hasEffect near-complete removal of Jewish community from Yemen
resettlement of Yemenite Jews in Israel
strengthening of Jewish demographic presence in early State of Israel
HebrewName מבצע כנפי נשרים
historicalPeriod early Arab–Israeli conflict era
languageOfAlternativeName Hebrew
languageOfName English
locationOfAssembly Aden transit camps
methodOfTransportation airlift
airplane
numberOfPeopleTransported about 49,000
tens of thousands of Yemenite Jews
organizedBy American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Jewish Agency for Israel
State of Israel
linked to: Israel
participant Alaska Airlines
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
British authorities in Aden
Jewish Agency for Israel
State of Israel
linked to: Israel

Yemenite Jews
partOf early waves of aliyah to Israel
pointInTime 1949–1950
relatedTo Aliyah
Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries
Yemenite Jews
significantPlace Ma'abarot (Israeli transit camps)
Rosh HaAyin absorption camp
startTime 1949
tookPlaceIn Aden
Israel
Yemen

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Operation Magic Carpet alsoKnownAs Magic Carpet aliyah