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  • View of three of five French missile boats bought by the Israeli government arriving in the port of Haifa on the night of Jan. 1, 1970. The Cherbourg Project was an Israeli military action in 1969 involving the escape of the five missile boats from the French port of Cherbourg that had been paid for by Israel but had not been delivered due to the French arms embargo in 1969.
    View of three of five French missile boats bought by the Israeli government arriving in the port of Haifa on the night of Jan. 1, 1970. The Cherbourg Project was an Israeli military action in 1969 involving the escape of the five missile boats from the French port of Cherbourg that had been paid for by Israel but had not been delivered due to the French arms embargo in 1969.
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    The Boats of Cherbourg

    The dramatic Christmas Eve, blockade-busting escapade that delivered game-changing French missile boats to Israel’s navy 50 years ago today

    byAbraham Rabinovich
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