Libyan jews

Libyan foreign minister fired after meeting with Israel, fleeing country

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush was initially suspended and referred for investigation after meeting with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen.

 Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush (left) and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen
A view of the abandoned Dar Bishi Jewish cemetery in the Old City of Tripoli, Libya's capital, in 2015.

Libyan Jews whose graves were bulldozed under Gaddafi remembered in Rome

 JEWISH AGENCY representatives meet Yemenite immigrants arriving at Lod Airport in 1949. (Wikimedia Commons)

How the Jews who fled Arab countries in 1948 built new lives in Israel

Libyan Jewish exile David Gerbi prays inside Dar Bishi synagogue in Tripoli October 1, 2011. Gerbi and his family fled Tripoli in 1967 when an Arab-Israeli war stoked anger against the Jewish state and led to attacks on Jews in his neighbourhood. Gaddafi expelled the rest of Libya's 38,000 Jews two

UN recognizes Libyan Jews' right to take part in country's peace process


US, Libya to sign deal possibly legitimizing Jewish property confiscation

The emergency restrictions from December list many general categories of artifacts, and specifically mention “scroll and manuscript containers for Islamic, Jewish, or Christian manuscripts.”

The locked front door to Tripoli's main synagogue is seen October 3, 2011.  REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Grapevine: Exodus from Libya

It is only in recent years that thought has been given to the suffering of Jews in Arab lands during World War II.

Yaakov Amidror

Libyan love-in

Oud player Yaniv Raba (right) and bass player Yankele Segal are the driving force behind the Luvim project

January 9: Upside-down

To avoid any external accusations, Israel should on a regular basis deduct from the monies it collects for the Palestinian Authority.

Letters

The body count and proportionality

The media never considered the huge disparity between the number civilian casualties in Libya and Kosovo compared to zero NATO casualties.

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