Operation Magic Carpet
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.jpg "Most of Yemenite Jews had never seen an airplane before, but they believed in the Biblical prophecy: according to the Book of Isaiah (40:31), God promised to return the children of Israel to Zion \"with wings\".")
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Operation Magic Carpet may refer to:
- the post-World War II effort by the United States Navy to bring troops home from Europe and the Pacific. Hundreds of Navy ships were involved; everything from aircraft carriers and battleships down to tenders and auxiliaries were outfitted with thousands of extra bunks, and made multiple round trips during 1945 and 1946.
- Operation Magic Carpet (Yemen): a clandestine [link] operation between June 1949 and September 1950 to transport Jews from Yemen to Israel.
- the name of a television play by British playwright Brian Clark.
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