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When Russian Jews tried to steal a plane to reach Israel
The 1970 plan to hijack an aircraft to flee the Soviet Union, aka Operation Wedding , failed and the 12 Jewish dissidents received harsh sentences, but international pressure and spy swaps saw their eventual release to fulfill their dream of aliyah
Shlomit Sharvit Barzilay |
Published: 12.19.20 , 09:50
In Hanukkah 1970, a group of Jews from the Soviet Union stood trial after they attempted to hijack an Antonov AN-2 aircraft to take them across the border to Sweden, from where they intended to go to Israel.
The KGB, which had been aware of their intentions, was waiting to arrest the group and charge them with treason. ....

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