Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!orca!ariels From: ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Operation Moses Message-ID: <1292@orca.UUCP> Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 12:34:22 EST Article-I.D.: orca.1292 Posted: Wed Jan 9 12:34:22 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 07:22:50 EST References: <334@ahuta.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 36 > I just heard on the radio (NPR--National Public Radio) that "Operation Moses" > had been temporarily suspended last week because it had become public. > Apparently those people in charge of it wanted it kept secret and thought that > it was until then. > > However, since it was discussed on Usenet at least a month ago, I'm not sure > how secret it could have been. What's the story here? Is it the Israeli > government's role that was secret or what? > > Evelyn C. Leeper > ...{ihnp4, houxm, hocsj}!ahuta!ecl Well, when I called my local UJA as prompted by the original article, the woman I spoke with got all in a tizzy because someone had posted to the net. I eventually got a call from a woman down in LA who claimed to be West Coast assistant organizer or something. She was very concerned that it had gotten into the net, because it was supposed to be private information. As she explained it, the info was supposed to stay in the Jewish community, and not get written down (i.e., remain word-of-mouth). She told me that if Operation Moses became general knowledge, the people running it in Israel would stop it. Why? I don't know. They were afraid that the posting has violated this "keep it unwritten" rule. Operation Moses was also in the newspaper here in Portland, and when I asked her about that, she said that someone had leaked the info to one of the wire services, but that they were hoping that the leak, since it didn't come from the UJA, wouldn't stop the operation. That's all I know about it. Anyone else? Ariel (can we talk about it now?) Shattan ..!tektronix!orca!ariels