STORY: The meeting prompted protests overnight in several Libyan cities including in front of the Libyan Foreign Ministry. The meeting is contentious because Libya does not formally recognize Israel and there is widespread public support across the Libyan political spectrum for the Palestinian cause of creating an independent state in territory Israel occupies. Libyan citizen Nouri Abdelsalam said any "normalization" of relations was unacceptable to the Libyan people.

Source: Libya Today August 28, 2023 16:32 UTC