A Jewish Agency envoy to Southern Africa has denied claims that an emergency airlift is being arranged to evacuate Zimbabwe's 350 Jews, the London Jewish news reported.
The Jewish Chronicle reported last week that an "emergency mission" is being planned by the JA to take the country’s remaining Jews to Israel amid tensions over the Presidential election on June 27, but a JA official this week rejected the allegations.
Sources close to the JA said: “The Jewish Agency is not planning to send airplanes to Zimbabwe to take out the Jews. Who says they want to leave anyway? Zimbabwe is a country where you can enter and leave at your own will.”