03 — OPERATION
Operation Solomon (1991)
Operation Solomon was the 1991 airlift of more than fourteen thousand Ethiopian Jews from Addis Ababa to Israel in a single coordinated evacuation. The chronology records it as one of the largest and best-documented operations of its kind.
Evidence Assessment
Documented
The airlift, its scale and its 1991 date.
Reported
Detailed planning and liaison arrangements rest partly on participant accounts.
Key Facts
- Date:
- May 1991
- Location:
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Israel
- Scale:
- More than 14,000 people airlifted
- Evidence:
- Documented
The airlift
Conducted as Ethiopian government control collapsed in 1991, the operation flew out the Jewish community in a rapid, coordinated airlift. Its scale is documented.
Evidence assessment
Documented: the dates, the scale and the diplomatic negotiation context. The operation is a case study in how intelligence, diplomacy and humanitarian missions can overlap.