Libyan Premier Rules Out Normalization With Israel After Uproar

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah rejected the prospect of normalization with Israel, days after news of a secret meeting between top envoys sparked protests in the OPEC member.

Condemning Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush’s encounter with her Israeli counterpart, Eli Cohen, in Rome last week, Dbeibah told his Tripoli-based government on Thursday that it required “a tough response to serve as a lesson.”