Language:
English
Year of publication:
2007
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Political Studies Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
19,3-4 (2007) 77-100
Keywords:
Jews History 1945-
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Arab-Israeli conflict
;
Jews, Libyan
;
Libya Foreign relations
;
Israel Foreign relations
Abstract:
The forced evacuation of 4,500 Jews from Libya on the eve of the 1967 war was rooted in a situation that long preceded the war. After Libya became independent in 1952, nationalism and anti-Israelism came to the fore. The latter impacted seriously on Libyan Jews, who were harmed by the Arab League's anti-Israel boycott and the suspicion that Jews were disloyal to Libya. Anti-Israel propaganda in the newspapers was anti-Jewish as well. There was a deterioration in Jewish civil and political rights. Anti-Jewish violence took place in 1963 and 1967, with pogroms in Tripoli and Benghazi. Although the Jews who were evacuated after the rioting cooled down had expectations that they would be allowed to return, the Libyan government had different ideas. In order to restore calm and stabilize the regime, the government denied the Jews the rights of citizenship and property. By September 1967 there was no longer a Jewish community in the country. After Qadhafi's coup in 1969, further laws were passed to strengthen the country's hold on former Jewish assets.
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