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5 years ago we were in Akko and a Libyan Jewish coppersmith asked my sephardic Turkish machatenister where is family was from. I guess my father in law looked Libyan

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Did a little googling and this article doesn't tell the complete picture. Most Jews were in Cyrenaica and settled there in ancient times when the cities were Greek colonies. After two post-WWII pogroms, most left for Israel.

BTW, there has been heavy fighting between Gaddafi and the rebels in this town, so the timing of the article is especially silly.