Saddam Haftar, the son of former Libyan army general Khalifa Haftar and commander of the Eastern Libyan forces, recently had a secret meeting with Israeli intelligence officials, US media reported.
The Republican and extremist American website quotes an informed source as saying that Israeli intelligence officials had a private and secret meeting with “Saddam Haftar” last month (March).
According to the Washington Free Bacon website, Zionist officials met with Saddam Haftar, the son of the commander of the Libyan National Army, to discuss his candidacy for the 2021 Libyan presidential election.
The right-wing and extremist Republican media reported the news, citing an informed source, calling the meeting “a signal of Israeli support for his candidacy (Saddam Haftar in Libya’s presidential election).”
According to the Washington Free Beacon, Saddam Haftar has been quietly gaining Western support for the election campaign, and this is expected to intensify the rivalry between him and Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
According to the American media, Saddam Haftar is considered by many to be the proxy force of his father, In addition to commanding the Libyan National Army, Khalifa Haftar is a US citizen.
“Saddam’s victory could lead to closer ties between Israel and Libya,” Washington Free Beacon wrote. “A country that does not recognize the Jewish state (Israel).”
According to a well-informed source in the American media, Saddam Haftar spoke with Israeli intelligence officials about issues such as “the situation in the region, his desire for stability in his country, and his support for democracy and law and order in Libya.”
According to an informed source on the Washington Free Bacon website, “Israelis are supporting him (Saddam Haftar).”
“It has long been believed that Israeli intelligence agencies support Haftar’s father, but the Israeli government has not publicly taken a stand on this issue,”
The first general election in Libya after 2014 is scheduled for December 24, 2021 (December 3, 1400). Elections were scheduled for 2018 and 2019, but the Libyan civil war prevented elections.
According to Israeli intelligence sources, the main battle for the Libyan presidential election will be between Saddam Haftar and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi.
Some Western media outlets, including the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera, claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin supports Gaddafi’s candidacy and Vladimir Putin met with Saif al-Islam in Moscow in September 2020.
