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<span class="cie-plus-title">Israeli Idol Hagit Yaso Born</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Israeli Idol Hagit Yaso BornCIE+

Singer Hagit Yaso, a winner of Israel’s version of “American Idol,” is born in Sderot to parents who escaped poor conditions in an Ethiopian village by walking four months through the desert to reach Sudan and fly to Israel.

Today in Israeli History|October 8, 1989
Prisoners of Zion Arrive in Israel

Prisoners of Zion Arrive in Israel

At Ben-Gurion Airport, five recently released Soviet Jewish prisoners are welcomed by Prime Minister Menachem Begin and cheering crowds. The five had been convicted in a 1970 hijacking plot, attempting to escape the anti-Semitic policies of the Soviet Union at the time.

<span class="cie-plus-title">Oil Is Found in Heletz</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Oil Is Found in HeletzCIE+

September 26, 1955 Oil is discovered in Heletz, a moshav in southern Israel that becomes the site of the state’s first successful oil well. The Heletz field, containing an estimated 94.4 million barrels of oil,…

Today in Israeli History|September 26, 1955
<span class="cie-plus-title">Iraq Allows Jews to Leave</span><span class="cie-plus-badge">CIE+</span>

Iraq Allows Jews to LeaveCIE+

March 3, 1950 The Iraqi government retracts a policy banning emigration to move to Israel, on the condition that Jews give up their Iraqi citizenship when they leave the country. In addition, those who previously…