03 — COUNTRY
Ethiopia and the 1991 Airlift
Ethiopia's place in the encyclopedia's record is anchored by Operation Solomon, the 1991 airlift of more than fourteen thousand Ethiopian Jews, and by the longer history of Ethiopian Jewish emigration. The operation is documented; the deeper migration history carries its own evidentiary record.
Evidence Assessment
Documented
The 1991 airlift and its scale.
Reported
Planning and liaison details are partly from accounts.
Key Facts
- Key event:
- Operation Solomon (1991)
- Scale:
- More than 14,000 people airlifted
- Context:
- Ethiopian Jewish emigration history
- Evidence:
- Documented
The 1991 airlift
As Ethiopian government control collapsed, a coordinated airlift evacuated the Jewish community to Israel in a single operation. The dates and scale are documented.
Evidence assessment
The operation's outline is documented; the negotiation and agency detail rests partly on participant accounts.