In wake of festive Israeli statement on sit-down, Tripoli declares 'complete and absolute rejection of normalization with Zionist entity,' insists the two met in Italy accidentally
Israel said on Sunday that Foreign Minister Eli Cohen held a meeting with Najla Mangoush, his Libyan counterpart, in Italy, the first-ever official meeting between the countries’ top diplomats. According to The Times of Israel, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibeh quickly distanced himself from the move, suspending Mangoush from her position and launching a probe, while the country’s Foreign Ministry insisted the two diplomats had met accidentally and ruled out any steps toward normalization with Israel.
2 Libyan officials say their PM was aware of talks, and Najla Mangoush flees to Turkey for safety, as storm grows after Israel's Eli Cohen publicized their Italy sit-down