Libyan jews

Victim-blaming: The UK blaming Israel follows its established track record - opinion

Have the British learned nothing since the 1940s?

|ByLYN JULIUS
A PROTEST takes place against the British ban on Palestine Action, at Trafalgar Square, earlier this month. Though Palestine Action is proscribed, those who shout for ‘intifada’ or wave the Hezbollah flag are often let off with just a slap on the wrist, the writer complains.
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush (left) and Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen

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.

|ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
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

All but one of Libya’s Jewish cemeteries were bulldozed during the reign of Muammar Gaddafi.

|ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA
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

As the new Jewish state was taking root in 1948, an estimated 850,000 Jews living in Arab countries were being expelled or fled their homes in those countries.

|ByDAVID JABLINOWITZ

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

The UN envoy has yet to comment on Luzon's claims, but Libyan officials are already questioning the decision.

FEBRUARY 9, 2020ByTZVI JOFFRE
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

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.”

FEBRUARY 23, 2018ByJTA
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.

DECEMBER 13, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Yaakov Amidror

Libyan love-in

MARCH 23, 2017ByBARRY DAVIS
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.

JANUARY 8, 2015ByLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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.

NOVEMBER 19, 2012ByMAURICE OSTROFF
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