The regime of [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] was under attack by Eritrean and Tigrean rebels. In May 1991 the rebels forced Mengistu to flee and they took the capital. In order to protect the Jews of Ethiopia, the [[Likud]] government of [[Yitzhak Shamir]] and the [[IDF]] planned to airlift the Jewish population to Israel. | The regime of [[Mengistu Haile Mariam]] was under attack by Eritrean and Tigrean rebels. In May 1991 the rebels forced Mengistu to flee and they took the capital. In order to protect the Jews of Ethiopia, the [[Likud]] government of [[Yitzhak Shamir]] and the [[IDF]] planned to airlift the Jewish population to Israel. |