Papa Amani

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@nsengoba @PoliceUg @grok when did this happen and was the occasion?

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@RugyendoQuotes Some Teachers who would come to kla to mark UNEB exams would actually fly (using their stipend) instead of the tideous 3 to 4 days road travel on lorries. It was probably not out of reach for for the ordinary earner.

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@j_mucunguzi @TinkasiimireBa2 @Makerere The fact that his Dad was WW11 veteran must have given him a head start in life. what I learnt about many of the WW11 vets is they came back better exposed to life and their approach to life changed unlike their village mates who stayed.

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@j_mucunguzi @BillClinton @HillaryClinton @ChelseaClinton @KagutaMuseveni @JanetMuseveni @FINCA I was a teenager then, I remember the story, it was all over the print media then.

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@sejudav I thought the name is Garang not Garanga?

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@iRmutenda @mechodu_ It was a bridge too far

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@omonydrew @DanielLutaaya Some times it's better to shut up when your not sure!
There is a huge population of Alur Congolese. That entire cross border area from nebbi to Zombo are Alur communities

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@BNadhir6 @mkainerugaba Lazima Kiswahili kitukuzwe!

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@DailyMonitor And yet Mutukula to Masaka is one of the most neglected roads in the country!

[⭕️Faerie ❤️ @LiquidFaerie]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒚-𝑺𝒊𝒙 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝑬𝒙𝒐𝒅𝒖𝒔: 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑶𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒏 🧵
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By May 24, 1991, Addis Ababa was a ticking time bomb. The decades-long Ethiopian Civil War was reaching its violent climax. Dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam had fled the country, and rebel forces were rapidly closing in on the capital city.

Caught in the crosshairs was the ancient, highly vulnerable community of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews). With artillery fire echoing in the distance and the city on the verge of complete collapse, the Israeli government, the Israel Defense Forces & international organisations launched Operation Solomon, a high-stakes, covert emergency airlift that ultimately rescued 14,325 Ethiopian Jews in a non-stop 36-hour window.

The mission remains one of the largest and most packed humanitarian airlifts in human history.

𝑨 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒕 𝑵𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌
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The operation was a logistical nightmare orchestrated under extreme psychological & military tension. To secure the safety of the refugees, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) & diplomats negotiated directly with the crumbling Ethiopian regime, agreeing to a $35 million payment in exchange for immediate evacuation clearance. Concurrently, the United States brokered a highly fragile, temporary truce with the advancing rebel factions to hold their fire while the airfield operated.

On the ground, a meticulously organised "silent call network" was activated. Organisers and local leaders quietly moved through the makeshift quarters of Addis Ababa, passing instructions from family to family. The command was absolute: leave all physical belongings behind, bring only the clothes on your back and march immediately to the Israeli Embassy.

By sunrise, an empty compound was flooded with thousands of families waiting in absolute silence, terrified that a sudden mortar shell or a shift in rebel positions would seal their fate.

Reflecting on the monumental scale and gravity of the threat, Avi Mizrahi, who managed the chaotic airfield operations for The Jewish Agency for Israel, later remarked:

“𝑂𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑦𝑎ℎ 𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑟𝑎𝑒𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑒 𝐽𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑.”

𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔 ����𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔
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The command of the operation fell to the IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, General Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, who ordered “𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑙y” into the sky.

A fleet of 35 aircraft, including commercial El Al Boeing 747s and military IAF C-130 cargo transports, began a relentless, synchronized shuttle rotation between Israel and Ethiopia.

To squeeze as many human souls as possible out of the war zone before the truce shattered, Israel made the tactical decision to completely strip the interiors of the passenger airliners, ripping out all the seats.

Refugees sat shoulder-to-shoulder on the floorboards, packed tightly to maximize cabin capacity.

This desperate gamble led to an unprecedented aviation milestone. An El Al Boeing 747 was boarded with an official manifest of 1,087 passengers. However, when the aircraft finally touched down at Ben Gurion Airport, the actual headcount was discovered to be at least 1,122 passengers. Dozens of frightened mothers had hidden their small infants completely flat beneath the heavy folds of their traditional white cotton garments to ensure they wouldn't be left behind. The flight officially shattered the Guinness World Record for the most passengers ever carried on a single aircraft, a record that stands to this day.

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[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@ErnestAkor The unit commander must be an arsenal fan to allow this!

[Muhoozi Kainerugaba @mkainerugaba]

Yoni's statue will be up soon. Godbless Uganda and Israel.

[George Deek @GeorgeDeek]

I come from an Arab Christian family that has lived in the Holy Land for centuries.

Today, I have the honor of representing Israel to the Christian world.

This is my message to Christians everywhere.

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@NYCMayor what nonsense is this? They started a war but lost it terribly and thus suffered the consequences of the war

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@kyeruphiona There is a song Kikulacho kiko nguoni mwako
Rafiki yako ndiye adui yako

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@DifferenceOffi3 @SadamJuma_ and the usual @AllanOkello8 assist

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@HasanEssam29636 That's the painful consequence of wanting to kill Jews, I wish there leaders leaders could learn a thing unfortunately religious deception has blinded them

[Papa Amani @ErimaEric]

@NamiyaAllen @DrHilaryOkello @LaughMarabstork @okellokelo @CotildaComedy @timothyjnyanzi @DaudiOkello13 And John Okello famous for the Zanzibar revolution

[REPUBLIC OF SOMALILAND @RepOfSomaliland]

Yasser Arafat was smiling and shaking hands with dictator Siad Barre.
The dictator whose regime carried out the Isaaq Genocide, slaughtering up to 200,000 Somalilanders and turning Hargeisa into rubble

Meanwhile, in 1990 at the United Nations, Israel was the sole country condemning Barre’s massacres and supporting Somaliland. One side celebrated the butcher, while the other defended the victims.

We remember those who stood with us. Somaliland stands with Israel.