Will Gadhafi Seek Refuge in Israel?
Will Gadhafi, assuming he survives his overthrow,seek refuge in Israel under the law of return? Don't bet on it. He is sincere in his hatred of Jews, of Israel and even of the Berbers. What makes this all the stranger is that two Jewish women of Libyan origin, living in Israel, claim that Gadhafi is legally Jewish--that his grandmother was a Jew who converted to marry her second husband. Therefore, with an ethnically Jewish grandmother, he may qualify to come to Israel.
Now this claim is only anecdotal, but is slightly more credible coming from Jewish/Israeli sources. Still, it is standard operating procedure in the Arab World to accuse anyone whom you don't like of being a secret Jew. In fact, if you read the various really anti-Semitic websites--both Muslim and Fascist--every controversial person is a secret Jew.
It may be an interesting lesson in self-hatred that Gadhafi, who is also partly of ethnic Berber origins, has spent his life hating Berbers and Jews. He tried to rid Libya of the Berber language. He demeaned their music, history and heritage and exalted all things Arab. From the start of his career as the "Brother Leader (c.f. North Korea and Great Leader & Dear Leader) he persecuted the indigenous Jewish population of Libya and expelled all he could find.
This all may be nonsense. There are other birth stories involving a Jewish woman and an Italian military officer. But even as I write this non-story, I can imagine Donald Trump demanding his long-form birth certificate. At bottom, the genes are not the issue. Whether he is crazed by self-hatred or just crazed, his brutal history speaks for itself.
But if he really wants to come to Israel, I say welcome him with a brass band and handcuffs! But if he doesn't survive the revolution, I won't be saying Kaddish for him.
©2011 Jonathan Dobrer
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