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11-03-2011, 04:43 PM | #1 |
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From news article:
Aldo Habib has not seen the country of his birth since 1967, when his family left Libya in the aftermath of the Six-Day War. But now he thinks that the British government should consider using some of the £1 billion of frozen assets belonging to the Gaddafi family in this country to compensate Libyan Jews for what they lost. Mr Habib's own family left behind properties worth millions when they were forced to flee as mobs roamed the streets, killing Jews and looting businesses. His mother and three sisters escaped to Milan, while he and his British wife, Eveleen, came to London, where he had bought a home three years earlier. "That was my lucky deal," he said. His father had been the president of the Jewish community and was "quite influential in the country". As well as owning a successful import and export business, his father was also a judge in Tripoli. The family owned a 100-hectare farm and helped local farmers to export their produce. |
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