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Operation Magic Carpet is a widely known nickname for Operation On Wings of Eagles ((ヘブライ語:כנפי נשרים), ''Kanfei Nesharim''), an operation between June 1949 and September 1950 that brought 49,000 Yemenite Jews to the new state of Israel.〔(Ministry of immigrant absorption, Israel: ''“On Eagles’ Wings” – Aliyah from Yemen (1949)''. ) Retrieved 23 June 2012.〕 During its course, the overwhelming majority of Yemenite Jews – some 47,000 Yemeni, 1,500 Aden as well as 500 Djiboutian and Eritrean Jews – were airlifted to Israel. British and American transport planes made some 380 flights from Aden, in a secret operation that was not made public until several months after it was over. At some point, the operation was also called Operation Messiah's Coming. == The operation == The operation's official name originated from two biblical passages: * Book of Exodus 19:4 - ''Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself''. * Book of Isaiah 40:31 - ''But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint''. The Operation Magic Carpet was the first in a series of operations. Israel sees the rescue operation as a successful rescue of Yemen's community from oppression towards redemption. 49,000 Jews were brought to Israel under the program.〔Tom Segev, 1949: ''The First Israelis''. 1998, pp. 182-185.〕 A street in Jerusalem, one in Herzliya, and another in Kerem HaTeimanim, Tel Aviv, were named "Kanfei Nesharim" (Wings of Eagles) in honor of this operation. In 1948 there were 55,000 Jews living in Yemen , and another 8,000 in the British Colony of Aden. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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