Operation Magic Carpet (Yemenite Jews, 1949–1950)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	airlift operation
gptkbp:airlinesInvolved	gptkb:Alaska_Airlines gptkb:British_Overseas_Airways_Corporation gptkb:Trans_World_Airlines gptkb:Near_East_Air_Transport
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Operation_On_Wings_of_Eagles
gptkbp:casualties	minimal
gptkbp:endDate	September 1950
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Operation Magic Carpet (Yemenite Jews, 1949–1950)
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Israel gptkb:Yemen gptkb:Aden
gptkbp:notableFor	one of the largest humanitarian airlifts in history mass migration of Yemenite Jews
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleTransported	about 49,000
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:State_of_Israel gptkb:Jewish_Agency_for_Israel gptkb:American_Jewish_Joint_Distribution_Committee
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Aliyah_Bet
gptkbp:purpose	rescue and immigration of Yemenite Jews to Israel
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:State_of_Israel gptkb:Yemenite_Jews gptkb:Aden_Emergency gptkb:Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Muslim_countries
gptkbp:significance	helped establish Israel's policy of mass immigration
gptkbp:startDate	June 1949
gptkbp:usedInAircraft	gptkb:Douglas_DC-4 gptkb:Lockheed_Constellation gptkb:Curtiss_C-46_Commando
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Aliyah_(Jewish_immigration)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7