Former Senator Rudy Boschwitz. who traveled to Ethiopia and who proved instrumental in persuading a failing government to permit a small act of decency. Ambassador Uri Lubrani. who demonstrated the verve and Inventiveness that were so necessary to making Operation Solomon a sucCess. The American Association for Ethiopian Jews. which did so much of the field work in Ethiopia. and whose leaders conceived of the program to bring the refugees from Gondar to the capital of Addis Ababa. thus facilitating a speedy exodus. And my colleagues in the Congress. who adopted this community. who refused to let the issue drop. who raised the issue time and again with the Ethiopian authorities. and who showed an unstinting devotion to a poor and battered people. Ultimately. hundreds of Amedcans--ncludIng many from Floridaand Israelis. and Ethiopians contributed to one of the most amazing humanitarian acts in history: the airlift of an entire people from Ethiopia to Israel in scarcely a day and a half.
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