He regards the nuclear reactor Osiraq, which Saddam Hussein is building in Iraq, as an existential danger for Israel and decides to destroy it in spite of major objections. This is Operation Opera. Arizona, 2007 In 2001, Ariel Sharon is elected prime minister at the head of the Likud; he then splits the Likud and creates a new party, Kadima. After suffering a massive stroke, Sharon is replaced by Ehud Olmert, who will launch Operation Arizona. CHAPTER 19 “OPERA” IN BAGHDAD AND “ARIZONA” IN SYRIA, 1981 AND 2007 Friday, June 7, 1981, was the eve of the Festival of Shavuoth (“Pentecost”), the celebration of God giving the Torah to the Jewish people on Mount Sinai. Thousands of Israelis assembled in the synagogues, but thousands of others preferred to celebrate on the country’s golden beaches. And so it was that at 4:00 P.M., the festive crowds sunning on Eilat’s southern beach saw eight F-16s roaring in the blue sky, passing at low altitude over the Gulf of Eilat and continuing into Saudi Arabia.
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