Talk:Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen)

message: Hello, why is my sourced information about the Yemenite babies, specifically that a reputable author wrote in a reputable publication that the babies had died and been autopsied, being replaced with an unsourced claim about DNA testing? Judy Somerville (talk) 14:28, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
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message: Some problems here.  Palestine Post of Mar 6, 1949 says "Magic Carpet winds up" referring to 4,500 Yemenites being brought to Israel over 3 months.  The first mention was on Feb 22, 1949.  This pre-dates the start of the operation given on this page.  Of course there were two larger groups brought later, but even for those "secret operation that was not made public until several months after it was over" is not true.  The intention to bring them was reported on April 8, 1949, and progress reports made regularly over the following months.  On Nov 8, 1949 there's a report of a larger airlift in progress (this is worth reading for the patronising tone, as if speaking about savages: "In Israel they sleep at first under the beds provided for them, for they do not understand the purpose of a bed").  These reports are notable in that they don't say that the Yemenites were escaping (as is the usual description given today).  It is rather said that Israel "fulfils the dream" of the Yemenites and so on.  Palestine Post is searchable at . --Zerotalk 13:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
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message: This common claim is completely unbelievable.  It may be that they had never seen an aircraft up close before, but aircraft had been in the skies for several decades.  I expect that it is an myth made plausible only by the patronising (some might say racist) way these people were seen by the "civilised" Westerners and Israelis.  --Zerotalk 04:16, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And indeed, Tudor Parfitt's book on this subject confirms what I suspected, that this story is a myth and aircraft had been in the skies of Yemen for some time. The Imam even had two of his own. Zerotalk 01:37, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most of them had never seen an aircraft before. 

message: Hello there is a huge gap of information here, a critism section, the operation was marred by accusations that the israeli government systematically ripped religion from the yemenites after they came,. this was an issue that divided jewish society as a whole back then  with strong views being expressed - and still being expressed - by both sides. Some consider it as the first major split - at least publicly - by the overall right - wing orthodox section of Jews to the israeli zionist government. It was a major issue that shouldn't be ignored in a reliable encyclopedia... there is a famous book written about it but i forget what it is named... i have it at home :-) maybe when i can b bothered...--82.80.198.245 (talk) 21:11, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing section/info 

message: The claims in this Haaretz story are similar to what appears in the book of Tudor Parfitt. Zerotalk 12:04, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  several new books debunking the mythology 

message: :1 With the exception of references 7 and 8 (as of the date of this post, 23 June 2012), all the references are in Hebrew.
:2 I have deleted the parts of the article to which there have been objections, and those parts which attempt to play on the emotions. Trahelliven (talk) 06:59, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  References and emotional sentences 

message: "At present time,[when?] a total of some 250 Jews still live in Yemen.[13][14] Nowadays,[when?] only approximately 300 Jews still live in Yemen, dispersed in three communities,"
These 2 sentences contradict each other.  Which is correct?
Dstern1 (talk) 20:30, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Jewish community in Yemen after the operation section 

message: @Filozoficzny "נשר" means vulture, "עיט" means egale, i know what i speaks about i am a native hebrew speaker Multiverse Union (talk) 05:51, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: נשר can also mean eagle and in this context it is always translated as eagle, in line with the usual translation of the biblical passages the name of the operation comes from. Zerotalk 08:18, 4 May 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation of the name 

message: * Role of James Wooten
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thread_title:  To add