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  2. Dec 19, 2019 · Former Mossad agent Daniel Limor and his story were recently portrayed in the Hollywood blockbuster film, “Red Sea Diving Resort” produced by Netflix. The film is based on the Arous Resort, set...

    • Why Were Ethiopian Jews Fleeing Their Home country?
    • Why Were Israeli Agents Involved in Refugee Rescue Operations?
    • Did An Escape Mission Really Happen at A Hotel in Sudan?
    • Was The Mission Successful?

    The history of Ethiopian Jews is a long and complex one, with many academics unsure of exactly when and how a Jewish population came to be in Ethiopia. While some of their customs are distinct from Hebrew traditions, the community, historically known as Beta Israel, has become a largely accepted part of mainstream Judaism. “It’s a bit shrouded in m...

    In The Red Sea Diving Resort, Evans’ character Ari Levinson hatches a bold plan: to renovate an abandoned Italian hotel on the coast of Sudan, eight hours’ drive from the capital of Khartoum, and use it as a cover to smuggle Ethiopian Jews from refugee camps to Israel via boat. Israeli officers initially react with skepticism at the proposal, but d...

    In 1981, Mossad agents scouted the Sudanese coastline and found 15 beachside villas that had been abandoned a decade earlier. Nestled on the shorelines of the Red Sea and boasting picturesque coral reefs, the resort provided a front for agents to covertly transport Beta Israel refugees to boats that would carry them to Israel. As depicted in the fi...

    As depicted in the film, the mission spanned years and resulted in the relocation of thousands of Ethiopian Jews to Jerusalem, while agents kept up appearances maintaining and managing the hotel. According to Abbink, around 8,000 Beta Israel individuals escaped to Israel via Sudan with the help of the Israeli resort staff, which made it the largest...

  3. The film stars Chris Evans as an Israeli Mossad agent who runs a covert operation to rescue Ethiopian-Jewish refugees from Sudan to safe haven in Israel. Michael K. Williams, Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Michiel Huisman, Chris Chalk, Greg Kinnear, and Ben Kingsley are in supporting roles.

  4. Jul 31, 2019 · The Red Sea Diving Resort: Directed by Gideon Raff. With Mbulelo Grootboom, Sizo Mahlangu, Michael Kenneth Williams, Masasa Mbangeni. Israel's Mossad agents attempt to rescue Ethiopian Jewish refugees in Sudan in 1979.

    • (33K)
    • Drama, History, Thriller
    • Gideon Raff
    • 2019-07-31
  5. Jul 29, 2019 · Chris Evans plays an Israeli Mossad agent who devises a scheme to use an abandoned seaside resort as a cover while smuggling Jewish Ethiopian refugees to Israel in Gideon Raff's Netflix...

  6. Jul 31, 2019 · In the film, Evans plays a heroic Mossad agent who teams up with an Ethiopian activist (played by The Wire ‘s Michael K. Williams). Together, they lead a mission to transport Jewish Ethiopian...

  7. Jul 31, 2019 · Chris Evans is Ari Levinson, the reckless, charismatic Mossad agent who comes up with the audacious plan. He leads a team of five played by Haley Bennett, Alessandro Nivola, Alex Hassell and Michiel Huisman.

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