“Radio Le Caire incitait les Libyens à se soulever, à tuer les Juifs, à chasser les Américains”: reflets de la propagande nassérienne sur les violences de juin 1967 en Libye

Abstract

At the outbreak of the Six-Day War on June 5, 1967, a pogrom struck the Jewish community in Libya, causing its final exodus from the country. While various studies draw attention to the deterioration of Jewish living conditions after Libya’s independence and reveal the influence of the ideology of Egyptian President Nasser, the reflections of his political propaganda in this violence have not been fully exposed. This article seeks to show how the hostility of the Egyptian authorities towards the “imperialists”, the “Zionists” and the “reactionaries” influenced the June 1967 riots in Libya. In so doing, this study will highlight the complex nature of these events, which combined both elements of anti-imperialism and antisemitism.

Keywords

• anti-imperialism
• antisemitism
• libya
• nasser
• pogrom