In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury holiday resort opened for business. Catering for divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were undercover spies, working for the Mossad - the Israeli secret service.
Providing a front for covert night-time activities, the holiday village allowed the agents to carry out an operation unlike any seen before. What began with one cryptic message pleading for help, turned into the secret evacuation of thousands of Ethiopian Jews who had been languishing in refugee camps, and the spiriting of them to Israel.
Written in collaboration with operatives involved in the mission, endorsed as the definitive account and including an afterword from the then Mossad director, this is the complete, never-before-heard, gripping tale of a top-secret and often hazardous operation.
Author: Raffi Berg
Publisher: Icon Books
Published: 04/14/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781785786006
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2020
Publishers Weekly 02/17/2020
Library Journal 03/20/2020 pg. 1
About the Author
Raffi Berg is the Middle East editor of the BBC News website, and has extensive experience reporting on Israel and the wider region. His article scratching the surface of this story was the most-read original piece since the website began.