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2021-11-09 Africa North
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Son of Libyan warlord reported to visit Israel, offer ties in return for backing
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[IsraelTimes] Saddam Haftar said to carry message from his father requesting ’military and diplomatic’ assistance in return for a pledge to normalize relations with the Jewish state
The son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar
...Self-proclaimed Field Marshal, served in the Libyan army under Muammar Qadaffy, and took part in the coup that brought Qadaffy to power in 1969. He became a prisoner of war in Chad in 1987. While held prisoner, he and his fellow officers formed a group hoping to overthrow Qadaffy, so it's kind of hard to describe him as a Qadaffy holdover. He was released around 1990 in a deal with the United States government and spent nearly two decades in the United States, gaining US citizenship. In 1993, while living in the United States, he was convicted in absentia of crimes against the Jamahiriya and sentenced to death. Haftar held a senior position in the anti-Qadaffy forces in the 2011 Libyan Civil War. In 2014 he was commander of the Libyan Army when the General National Congress (GNC) refused to give up power in accordance with its term of office. Haftar launched a campaign against the GNC and its Islamic fundamentalist allies. His campaign allowed elections to take place to replace the GNC, but then developed into a civil war. Guess you can't win them all. Actually, he is, but slowly...
reportedly visited Israel last week for a secret meeting with Israeli officials in which he offered to establish diplomatic relations between the two countries in return for Israeli support.
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Saddam Haftar, who is said to be eyeing Libya’s presidency in its December 23 elections, landed at Ben Gurion Airport last Monday on a private French-made Dassault Falcon jet, which stopped briefly in Israel on its way from Dubai to Libya, the Haaretz daily reported Monday.
The paper said it was not known which Israeli officials he met during the short visit but that he had previously been in contact with the "Tevel" department of the Mossad spy agency, which deals with countries Israel doesn’t have relations with.
According to the report, Haftar carried a message from his father requesting Israeli "military and diplomatic assistance" in return for a pledge to establish a normalization process between Libya and Israel akin to the Abraham Accords establishing relations between the Jewish state and United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco.
With thanks to President Trump and his son-in-law, and despite the subsequent efforts of his successor’s team... Israel has no official ties with Libya, which was a staunch supporter of the Paleostinian cause, especially under dictator Muammar Qadaffy
...a proud Arab institution for 42 years, now among the dear departed, though not the dearest...
, who was tossed in 2011.
Libya has been in turmoil since 2011 when a civil war toppled long-time dictator Qadaffy, who was later killed. The country has since split between rival administrations in the east and the west, each backed by gangs and foreign governments.
Gen. Khalifa Haftar, who launched an offensive aimed at capturing Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
in 2019, is backed by the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Russia, while the Tripoli-based militias are aided by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
, Italia and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
 ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
Israel has avoided taking a public stance on the war, despite allegations of Israeli involvement behind the scenes. However,
a woman is only as old as she admits...
Israel is widely seen as being aligned with Egypt and the Gulf states.
In a rare interview with an Israeli newspaper last year, a senior Libyan official with Haftar’s eastern-based rebel government called on Israel for support.
"We never were and never will be enemies, and we hope you will support us. It is only circumstance which has separated us up until this point," Abdul Salam al-Badri, deputy prime minister in the government affiliated with, Haftar told Makor Rishon.
Al-Badri played up Libya’s historic Jewish community, which he described as leaving a legacy of tolerance, and said his government supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict.
"Throughout history, we have served as a refuge for people of all faiths. We have a long history of contact with the people of Israel and the Jewish community," he said.
While the Libyan Jewish community dates back thousands of years, most Jews fled the country in 1949 amid rising anti-Semitism following Israel’s establishment. Successive pogroms against Jews in the country and laws restricting Jewish civil liberties encouraged still more to emigrate. By the time Qadaffy rose to power in the 1960s, few were left. 
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