The Israeli newspaper, Haartz, revealed that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, managed his father's regime's relations with Israel.
The newspaper said that despite his father being a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause and supporting Palestinian armed groups with money, weapons and training, Saif al-Islam had publicly met with Israeli officials and had a relationship with an Israeli actress.
The Haaretz report stated that although the two countries had no official relations, Israel and the Gaddafi regime had been in contact “on diplomatic and humanitarian issues,” and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi managed those contacts through Jewish businessmen of Libyan origin, including a Jewish businessman named Walter. babysitter.
The newspaper pointed out that Israel attaches special importance to Libya due to its strategic geographical location on the Mediterranean Sea and its proximity to Egypt, and because of the large community of Libyan Jews in Israel and their influence on Libyan Jews who immigrated to Italy.
A report published by the newspaper last week stated that retired Libyan general Khalifa Haftar, whose intention is also to run for the Libyan presidential elections, has sent his son Saddam to Israel to request military and diplomatic assistance from Tel Aviv in exchange for promises to establish diplomatic relations between Libya and Israel if he wins the presidency of the Libyan government, which It will be formed after the presidential elections scheduled for 24 December.
refusal and protest
The Libyan Electoral Commission announced yesterday, Sunday, that it had received the candidacy file of Saif al-Islam, son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, in its office in the city of Sabha (south), for Saif al-Islam to return to the fore nearly 10 years after the killing of his father during the revolution of February 17, 2011.
Al-Jazeera correspondent in Libya reported today, Monday, that protesters in cities in western Libya closed election centers in protest against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's candidacy for the presidential elections, while the Office of the Military Prosecutor General called on the Electoral Commission to stop the nomination procedures for Saif al-Islam and retired Major General Khalifa Haftar.
The Libyan Electoral Commission had deleted a post posted on its Facebook page that stated that the commission had rejected Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections.
The post appeared on the page for about 5 minutes, and stated that in light of the instability witnessed by the Commission and the closure of its offices due to Gaddafi's son's candidacy for the elections, it decided not to accept this candidacy.
For its part, the Office of the Military Prosecutor General in Libya called on the Electoral Commission to stop the candidacy procedures of both Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi and Haftar until they comply with the investigation.