Language:
English
Year of publication:
1984
Titel der Quelle:
Les relations intercommunautaires juives en Méditerranée occidental
Angaben zur Quelle:
(1984) 70-78
Keywords:
Jews History 19th century
;
Jews History 20th century
;
Jews, European
Abstract:
Most of the Libyan Jews were Ottoman citizens, but a large number (more than 2000) of the more active members of the community had acquired European nationality, usually because they or their ancestors came from Europe. The most common foreign citizenship was Italian (1100), followed by French (700), Spanish (150), Dutch (70); a few Jews held German, British or Russian citizenship. This fact, in face of the Capitulation regime then in force in the Ottoman Empire, gave them foreign political protection and economic privileges (such as tax and customs exemptions), which enhanced their relations, political as well as economic, with Europe. Jews with foreign nationalities facilitated the peaceful European penetration of Libya, which culminated in the Italian invasion of late 1911. In addition, Libyan Jewry advanced modernization and westernization in Libya both in the internal Jewish circles and in the wider Libyan-Ottoman community
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