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David Littman, husband of the well known islamic scholar Bat Ye'or ("Eurabia"), is celebrated by Israel for his outstanding courage when he was 27. Then, in 1961, Littman helped 530 Jewish children to get out of Morocco. Littman was praised by Israel in 1986, 2004, and again in 2008, when he met President Peres. Scroll down to see pictures of the event. Below is the complete story of "Operation Mural", as told by Littman himself during the meeting with the Israeli President. ---------------------------------------------------- SPEECH BY DAVID LITTMAN Meeting with Shimon Peres, June 1, 2008 Mr. President, it is a great...

Tel Aviv - Yossi Harel, who led a shipload of Jewish refugees trying to reach Israel after World War II, died Saturday at his home in Tel Aviv. He was 90. Harel suffered a heart attack, his family told the Israeli news website Ynet. Harel commanded the ship Exodus, which was loaded with 4,500 Holocaust survivors bound for Israel, in a mission that was illegal according to Britain, the colonial power in 1947 over Palestine, where Israel was founded a year later. Enforcing a blockade to keep Jews from entering Palestine, a British Navy vessel stopped Exodus, and three people...