[[{"content_id":361904,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"Son of Libyan warlord reported to visit Israel, offer ties in return for backing","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"The son of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar reportedly visited Israel last week for a secret meeting with Israeli officials in which he offered to establish diplomatic relations with Zionist regime in return for Israeli support.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"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 occupied territories on its way from Dubai to Libya, the Haaretz daily reported Monday.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe 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.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nAccording 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.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nIsrael has no official ties with Libya, which was a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, especially under dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown in 2011.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nLibya has been in turmoil since 2011 when a civil war toppled long-time dictator  Gaddafi, who was later killed. The country has since split between rival administrations in the east and the west, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","content_html":"

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 occupied territories on its way from Dubai to Libya, the Haaretz daily reported Monday.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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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.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Israel has no official ties with Libya, which was a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, especially under dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Libya has been in turmoil since 2011 when a civil war toppled long-time dictator  Gaddafi, who was later killed. The country has since split between rival administrations in the east and the west, each backed by armed groups and foreign governments.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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