17 Yemenite Jews secretly airlifted to Israel

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The Jewish Agency on Monday brought a group of some of the last remaining Yemenite Jews to Israel in a covert operation, hailing the end of a decades-long “historic mission” to “rescue” the Jews of the country.

he group comprised the final batch of approximately 200 Yemenite Jews brought to Israel by the Jewish Agency in recent years, the organization said.

Two other members of the tiny community arrived in recent days as well.

Fourteen came from the town of Raydah, while one family of five hailed from the capital, Sanaa, the Jewish Agency said in its announcement. “The group from Raydah included the community’s rabbi, who brought a Torah scroll believed to be between 500 and 600 years old,” it said.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/17-yemenite-jews-secretly-airlifted-to-israel/

 

[seashale76]

It's a shame they've been persecuted to the point that covert rescue operations to get them out of primarily Muslim countries have to occur.

 

[The_Laconic_Dead]

But why aren't they taking in refugees!! Grrrrrrr.