Libya’s internationally recognized government sacked its Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush on Monday amid a firestorm over her meeting last week with Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.
Mangoush was forced to flee to Turkey amid a public outcry as hundreds of people took to the streets in the capital Tripoli and several other Libyan cities to protest the diplomatic exchange.
Her firing comes as Libya’s Foreign Ministry reportedly said that Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibeh authorized the diplomatic exchange in Rome.
The Foreign Ministry said that the Cohen-Mangoush meeting came after al-Dbeibeh, head of the national unity government in Tripoli, sat with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni in Rome last month, where they agreed to arrange the meeting with the Israelis, according to the reports.
Salmin Asaad, an aide to Mangoush, confirmed to The New York Times that she departed for Turkey due to “safety concerns,” and a Libyan Foreign Ministry official also confirmed the departure to AP. However, Libya’s Internal Security Agency denied her departure, saying that she was not authorized to leave the nation’s territory.
Source: JNS
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We know that as we bless Israel this year, God will bless us, just as He promised in Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Now is the time to bless Israel and the Jewish people.
