JNS
Stranded Israelis extracted from Morocco to Israel in secret operation
by Yehuda Shlezinger and Erez Linn
May 14, 2020

Twenty-six Israelis who had been stranded in Morocco for several weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic landed safely in Israel on Thursday morning, after being extracted from the Muslim country in a secret operation devised by Likud Knesset member and former Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. Among the passengers were Israeli youth who were on an overseas trip, an Israeli Bedouin from eastern Jerusalem, and Israeli and Jewish businessmen with dual Israeli-Moroccan citizenship. READ MORE