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Inside the glamorous holiday village run by spies

Ethiopian jews eating on a board an Israeli navy ship. [Courtesy]

Arous was an idyllic holiday resort in the Sudanese desert, on the shores of the Red Sea. But this glamorous destination was a base for Israeli agents with a secret mission.

“Arous on the Red Sea, a wonderful world apart,” the glossy brochure says, pronouncing it “the diving and desert recreation centre of Sudan”.

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