Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah has suspended the country’s top diplomat, Najla el-Mangoush, after news broke that she had met with Israel’s foreign minister, Eli Cohen, the previous week.
The meeting, which took place in Rome and was hosted by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, was described by the Libyan foreign ministry as a “chance and unofficial encounter”
The news of the normalization meeting prompted a wave of anger among Libyans on social media, condemning what they perceive as an act of betrayal committed by
The Libyan Foreign Ministry has issued a statement stressing adherence to Al-Quds as the eternal capital of Palestine, and this is a firm position that cannot be reversed.
The Libyan people have underlined their rejection of their government’s move to normalize ties with the Israeli occupation.
The Libyan government has declared its complete and absolute rejection of normalization with the Zionist entity and affirmed its full commitment to the national.
In an official decision posted on Facebook, Dbeibah said that el-Mangoush had been “temporarily suspended” and would be subject to an “administrative investigation” by a commission chaired by the justice minister
The meeting between el-Mangoush and Cohen has been criticized by Palestinian groups, with the Islamic Jihad movement calling it a dangerous step back from the principles of the Ummah (Islamic nation) and falling into the swamp of normalization of relations with the Zionist regime.
Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar English Website)
