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In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Israeli secret service, Mossad, acting on instructions from the then Prime Minister, Menachem Begin, smuggled thousands of Ethiopian Jews through Sudan to Israel. They used a fake luxury diving holiday retreat at Arous, off the Sudanese coast as a cover.

The story of the remarkable operation is the subject of a new book, Red Sea Spies, by author and 麻豆社 News website's Middle East editor, Raffi Berg.

Photo: Mossad agents (in background) at Arous with boats used for guests as well as for smuggling Jews. Credit: Raffi Berg.