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Yossi Harel z"l
Yossi Harel, who commanded the clandestine operations that brought in four ships carrying some 24,000 illegal immigrants to Israel between 1945 and 1948, died Saturday in Tel Aviv at the age of 90. For those who were not aware, until Israel became independent in 1948, the British Mandatory government prevented Jews from immigrating to Israel to appease the Arabs (sounds familiar?). Thousands of