Seif al-Islam al-Qathafi: Israel does not threaten Libya's security
Libya-Israel, Politics, 1/9/2004

Seif al-Islam al-Qathafi, son of the Libyan leader, denied recently rumored news on a meeting held between him and two members of the Israeli Knesset in Athens.

He said that Tripoli no longer considers that Israel to constitute a threat to Libya's security, nor is in confrontation with it.

He described the news rumored on convening the meeting, as mere rumors launched by Arab states to avenge Libya because of its political successes it recently achieved. He said that no official meeting was held with any member of the Israeli Knesset.

Libya had recently announced giving up all its mass destruction weapons programs, and opened its doors before the inspectors of the International Agency for Atomic Energy, whose experts inspected suspected Libyan positions pertinent to these programs.

Seif al-Islam al-Qathafi expressed his conviction that the great political successes "surprised" certain Arab states, and therefore they launched the rumor of his meeting with the two Knesset members, Ifraem Seneh, of the Labor party, and Allen Shilghi, of the Shenwe party, on the sideline of a parliamentary conference held in Athens in August, 2003.

Ifraem Seneh the Knesset member fir the labor party had stressed that he and another Knesset member had met with Seif al-Islam in Athens on the sideline of a Parliamentary conference held in Athens in August 2003.

Replying to a question on whether Libya will permit Jews who emigrated from it to Israel, he said ' they were originally Libyans, but one who carries an Israeli passport is not considered a Libyan and Libya does not permit holders of Israeli passports to enter its territories.

He said that the US promised Tripoli of huge aids including promotion of its armed forces and economic aids, as well as lifting the sanctions from it and converting it into a huge industrial base in the region, so as to avail her benefits from the American technology and permitting the Libyan students to study in American universities." Worthy mentioning that Seif al-Islam is the second older son for the Libyan president Mu'ammar al-Qathafi and is expected to be his successor. he has been studying in Britain since two years. N.

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