(Ynet News) Itamar Eichner - An event was held in New York last week by NGO StandWithUs to honor Captain (ret.) Elgen M. Long, 91, the last surviving crew member of Alaska Airlines who participated in Operation On Wings of Eagles to bring 47,000 Yemenite Jews - as well as 3,000 from several other countries - to Israel in 1948-1950 to save them from rising anti-Semitic violence. Long said, "We are all proud of the historic role we played in the realization of the prophecy of the return of Jews to Zion."
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