Exodus, Part 2/3: Passports and Prison Cells | Mossad

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the late 1970s, the Mossad launched one of history's most audacious missions: Operation Brothers. Their goal? To rescue thousands of Ethiopian Jews facing violence, and bring them safely to Israel. In this deep three-part retelling of the very first True Spies story, Sophia Di Martino meets Mossad operatives Daniel Limor, Rubi Viterbo and Gad Shimron, who worked undercover to lead the covert evacuations. We also hear from Takele Mekonen, one of the thousands of Jews saved during the operation. In Part Two, Dani Limor and Ferede Aklum press on, despite growing uneasiness back in Israel. But a stroke of misfortune puts the men behind bars - and the mission at fatal risk. From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producers: Gemma Newby, Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower. Music by Nick Ryan.

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0:00.0	Content warning. This episode contains references to sexual violence.
0:12.0	This is True Spies. The podcast that takes you deep inside the greatest secret missions of all time.
0:21.0	Week by week you'll hear the true stories behind the operations that have shaped the world we live in.
0:27.0	True Spies. You'll meet the people who live life undercover.
0:32.0	What do they know? What are their skills? And what would you do in their position?
0:40.0	This is True Spies. Once you are on the field you have a mission. If the people who are in charge, those who sent you do not trust you, you better live.
0:51.0	You cannot carry on your mission. I'm Sophia Di Martino and this is True Spies from Spicecape Studios.
1:02.0	Exodus, part 2. Passports and prison cells.
1:11.0	Sudan, 1979. Mossad agent Danny Limor has been in the country undercover for two months.
1:19.0	His mission to find and rescue Ethiopian Jews fleeing from persecution and a bloody civil war has so far come to nothing.
1:29.0	And now for the first time since his arrival, he's managed to connect with headquarters who tell Danny precisely what he doesn't want to hear.
1:39.0	Dad wants to see you urgently. Dad meaning my boss wants to see me urgently. That means I have to live.
1:48.0	With little progress to report, Danny knows that returning to Israel would likely see headquarters abandon the mission,
1:56.0	leaving the Ethiopian Jews to an uncertain fate. But having found the man who sparked Mossad's search two months ago, Faraday Aklum, Danny can't bring himself to abandon the one Ethiopian Jew he has found.
2:12.0	So Danny uses some deception on his own team.
2:19.0	I said, look, I cannot go now. You tell Dad that I am very busy? I cannot leave now. I am in the middle of things that are happening.
2:26.0	Actually nothing happened.
2:28.0	But headquarters are adamant. You've got no choice. Is the reply?
2:35.0	Danny knew what that meant. It was code for a direct order from the top. Ignoring it would mean an automatic dishonorable discharge.
2:45.0	Danny says he will come back, knowing that he won't.
2:49.0	After that conversation, I thought Faraday that I need to go to Europe to discuss some matters. And I will be absolutely for a week.
2:59.0	And what if you don't come back? Faraday asks.
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