[Libya Herald] In a surprise move, a senior member of the so-called National Salvation Government of Khalifa Ghwell has announced that Libya’s Jewish community has the right to return as well as be compensated for any losses its members may have suffered.Yeah, buddy! If I was a Jew I'd be packing my bags now!
| Compensate? A generous thought, but with what funds would that happen? At any rate, the Libyan Jewish community, which dates back to the third century BC, mostly left for Israel, Rome, and North America. The last Libyan Jew left in 2003. |
The right-to-return was supported by Omar Gawairi, the Beida-based government’s information chief, who was also attending.
Ghwell is reported today to have angrily denied reports that Triki was speaking on his behalf in Greece. He also claimed he had no prior knowledge of the Rhodes conference.
Announced three months ago and organised by Rafael Luzon, head of Libyan Jewry abroad, its aims was reconciliation between the exiled Libyan Jewish community and their original home country.
Although it was not officially supported by the Israeli government, one Israeli minister attended ‐ Ayoob Qara, the Arab Druze politician who is minister of communications.
There are no thought to be almost no Jews left in Libya.
| None. See comment above. But getting those clever, law-abiding Jews back to jump start the economy is all the rage -- at least in Spain and Portugal. |