The Jews were salivating after Libya, if they were able to occupy
Libya, then what would have happened to the people of Libya
would have been the same thing that happened to the the people
of Palestine – which is: they would have been raped, they would
have been massacred and they would have been expelled – and
today the Jew would be exporting all that oil of Libya. But how is
the Jew connected to Libya since Libya is far away from the land
that the Jew says was promised to him by his God?
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The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl – page 1384
December 31, 1902
And yet: now that things are crackling east and west of the
Mediterranean, now that the Macedonian question will probably
be opened up in the Spring, the partition of Morocco may be
imminent, and the Italian annexation of Tripoli is definitely in the
offing, it is of the greatest importance that I speak with
Lansdowne. With Rothschild as well.
The Complete Diaries of Theodor Herzl – page 1600
January 23, 1904
And finally I broached my Tripoli scheme also to channel the
surplus Jewish immigration into Tripolitania, under the liberal laws
and institutions of Italy.