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Libya Jewish leader visits birthplace after decades
Publish Date: Friday,30 July, 2010, at 11:21 PM Doha Time
A Libyan Jewish community leader who visited his birthplace for the first time
since being forced to flee in 1967 said yesterday it felt like he was living a
dream. Raphael Luzon, who was driven out after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and
now lives in London, visited his birthplace of Benghazi, 1,000km east of
Tripoli, with his sister and 83-year-old mother. "We visited Benghazi and met
our loved ones amid tears and great longing for friends we have never
forgotten," Luzon told AFP. It felt like he was "in a dream." Luzon, who also
met several Libyan officials during the visit, said he regretted not having had
the chance to hold talks with the country's leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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