UAE-Backed Libyan-Israeli Talks Aim to Resettle Palestinians from Gaza in Exchange for $30B Asset Deal

By Dark Box Investigations

Summary

Sources have revealed that Ibrahim Dbeibah, National Security Adviser and cousin to Libya’s Prime Minister, has engaged in direct talks with Israeli officials to resettle Palestinians expelled from Gaza. These discussions are not only highly sensitive but are being pushed under the table by the United Arab Emirates in coordination with Trump-linked intermediaries in the US. In return, Libya would receive $30 billion in frozen assets.

The Players

• Ibrahim Dbeibah: Libya’s NSA and cousin to PM Abdul Hamid Dbeibah. He is spearheading negotiations with Israeli envoys.
• Massad Boulos: Trump adviser who met with Ibrahim Dbeibah earlier this year. While he denies involvement in the Palestinian deal, multiple sources suggest otherwise.
• United Arab Emirates: A central actor in pushing Libya to engage, offering mediation and access to Trump-era US financial channels.
• Israel: Pursuing a long-standing strategy of mass expulsion from Gaza under the guise of “voluntary migration.”
• United States: Offers to unlock Libyan state assets as incentive for the resettlement.

Secret Talks Underway

Multiple Libyan sources confirm that while the Tripoli-based government publicly denies involvement, behind the scenes Ibrahim Dbeibah is actively negotiating. Parliamentarians have been deliberately kept uninformed, fearing massive backlash due to Libya’s pro-Palestine stance.

Israeli officials reportedly see Libya as “the ideal destination,” offering it investment incentives in exchange for absorption of hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians.

UAE’s Regional Strategy

This operation fits into a larger pattern of UAE-led normalization and destabilization:

• Supported Haftar militarily and politically for years.
• Fueled conflict in Sudan through backing RSF.
• Championed Abraham Accords with Israel.
• Brokered quiet diplomatic talks with several Arab states despite public opposition.

The Libyan relocation plan, though illegal under international law, could offer the UAE:

• Influence over oil routes and political leadership.
• A strategic lever over Gaza’s fate.
• Economic access through asset unfreezing.

The Legal and Moral Crisis

If Palestinians are forcibly displaced from Gaza to Libya under foreign sponsorship, it constitutes a violation of Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits population transfer by an occupying power.

This isn’t voluntary migration. It’s a negotiated ethnic cleansing, traded for political legitimacy and economic kickbacks.

What Comes Next?

With the UAE continuing to operate as the region’s power broker behind closed doors, and with Trump-linked figures re-entering the diplomatic arena, the danger of forced displacement under humanitarian pretense is growing.

Libya may be the first test case — a pilot for a wider expulsion plan from Gaza.