Shlomo Hillel was an Iraqi-born Israeli diplomat and politician who served as Speaker of the Knesset, Minister of Police, Minister of Internal Affairs, and ambassador to several countries in Africa. As an agent of the Mossad LeAliyah Bet in the late 1940s and early 1950s, he arranged the mass airlift of Iraqi Jews to Israel known as Operation Ezra and Nehemiah.

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Occupation: politician, diplomat, spy
Position held: Knesset member, Knesset member, Speaker of the Knesset, ambassador
Citizenship: Iraq, Israel
Born: April 23, 1923
Died

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Shlomo Hillel

Israeli diplomat (1923-2021)

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Occupation: politician, diplomat, spy
Position held: Knesset member, Knesset member, Speaker of the Knesset, ambassador
Citizenship: Iraq, Israel
Born: April 23, 1923
Died

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