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Israel’s James Bond - How an Iraqi-born Jew became an Israeli hero

Mordechai Ben-Porat led an airlift of some 130,000 Iraqi Jews to Israel.

Israel’s James Bond
Israel’s James Bond
(photo credit: BRIAN SCHRAUGER)
ByBRIAN SCHRAUGER
DECEMBER 29, 2019 11:05
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