LIBYA COULD FORGE TIES WITH ISRAEL
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From: Malaika Kambon
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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:43 AM
Subject: [unioNews] LIBYA COULD FORGE TIES WITH ISRAEL
NEW AFRIKAN MILLENNIUM
JANUARY 2004
After "a non-aligned summit in Belgrade in 1989, in which Gaddafi
suggested that Jews should move to a new homeland in either the
French region of Alsace-Lorraine, Alaska(??) or the Baltic States,"
I find it truly odd that a 'rumor' surfaces that suggests Libya &
Israel can 'just be friends...'
IF this 'rumor' is true, perhaps Libya just doesn't want u.s. / uk
planes & bombs to suddenly appear like mushrooms after a heavy rain
over Libyan air space...The last time that happened, his 18 month old
daughter (son?) was massacred in his/her cradle while sleeping at home.
Just a thought...
war without terms
m
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 16:31:28 -0500
From: "Pan-African News Wire" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: LIBYA COULD FORGE TIES WITH ISRAEL
Wed January 07, 2004 03:55 PM ET
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli lawmaker who met with the
son of Muammar Gaddafi five months ago said Wednesday the
Libyan leader could go so far as to forge ties with the
Jewish state that has long considered him a foe.
But a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry source said "the road
to establishing relations between Israel and Libya is a long
one" and Gaddafi "must prove by action that he truly intends
to conduct dialogue."
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was also skeptical about
any meetings with Libyan officials, including secret talks
which political sources said took place two weeks ago between
a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official and a Libyan
representative.
Libya dismissed a report of the meeting in December as a
baseless rumor .
Word of a diplomatic initiative emerged after Libya issued a
surprise announcement last month that it was abandoning its
unconventional weapons, an action welcomed by the United
States as a key step toward ending Libya's international
isolation.
Ephraim Sneh of the opposition Labor party said that he and a
member of Shinui, a centrist party in Israel's governing
coalition, in August met Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, whom analysts
believe is being groomed as his father's successor.
"My impression is that Gaddafi has made a strategic decision
and he is not a man who takes small steps," Sneh told Israel
Radio. "He will not stop midway and could even go as far as
forging ties with Israel ... Right now it is in Gaddafi's
hands."
SWORN FOE
Any breakthrough would be a major turnabout in relations
between the two countries.
Libya has long been a sworn foe of Israel and for years
sheltered anti-Israel militants, including Palestinian
guerrilla chief Abu Nidal who died of gunshot wounds in
Baghdad last year.
In 1973, Israel shot down a Libyan airliner with more than
100 people aboard after it strayed over its airspace.
At a non-aligned summit in Belgrade in 1989, Gaddafi
suggested that Jews should move to a new homeland in either
the French region of Alsace-Lorraine, Alaska or the Baltic
states.
Political sources confirmed a television report that senior
Israeli Foreign Ministry official Ron Prosor met a Libyan
representative two weeks ago to discuss opening a dialogue.
The sources said Sharon received a report on the meeting but
it was not known whether the talks had yielded any progress.
The Foreign Ministry source voiced concern that the media
leaks about the meeting could jeopardize further talks.
Israel's Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, visiting Ethiopia
was quoted by Israeli television as telling accompanying
reporters that media reports about an official Israeli-Libyan
meeting "seriously harmed the chances of warming relations."
Libya's official Jana news agency said "official circles in
Libya have searched, checked and investigated in the past 48
hours that followed the broadcast of this rumor and have
found no trace (of it)."
Israel's daily Yedioth Ahronoth cited officials as saying
Prosor was told that Libya would find it easier to forge ties
once there was peace between Israel and the Palestinians, who
have been locked in violent conflict for more than three
years.
(Additional reporting by Jon Immanuel and Matt Spetalnick)
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