When Colonel Muammar Qadhafi came to power in 1969 there were 500 Jews in Libya. The assets in question have an estimated value of $1 billion. Itamar Levin 1 Sep 04 15:18
Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Qadhafi yesterday proposed compensation be given to Jews who were forced to leave his country because of the conflict between Israel and the Arab world. "Any Jew whose home was taken away has to be compensated or given his home back on the condition that he has not taken away the home of a Palestinian in Palestine," Qadhafi said.
Just before Libya declared its independence, the country had 40,000 Jewish residents, who had suffered from persecution for many years, first under the Germans, and then under the subsequent rulers. During the British occupation, there were a series of pogroms; during the most serious of these, 100 Jews were killed. In 1948, Moslems attacked the Jewish quarters in the cities of Tripoli and Benghazi, scores of Jews were murdered, and 300 houses were destroyed.
Amazing.
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