[SJackson]

Someone will probably come along who knows, but my impression is that the Berbers live in in the south and east aren’t particularly “friendly” with the Arabs. In that context, this wouldn’t surprise me

[colorado tanker]

Yes, the Berbers are behind that area of the country rebelling against Gaddafi. But it wasn't the Berbers the old Jews of Libya were worried about, it was the Italians, Germans and then the Arabs. By 1948 and two post-war pogroms, they'd had enough.