NOTE: This is the second post about the Dan Gertler-Yossi Cohen scandal. Part 1 is here. This week, Israeli TV broadcaster Kan, aired a two-part documentary, Operation Gertler, about the oligarch who made his billions on the backs of Congolese workers working the mines, producing cobalt and other precious minerals critical for running the world […]
Yossi Cohen: Mossad’s Man in Kinshasa Israeli oligarch, Dan Gertler, recruited powerful figures in the US and Israel to lobby on behalf of his corrupt business ventures
Over the past few years, the world has been closing in on Dan Gertler, the Jewish “convert” to ultra-Orthodox Judaism and Congo mining magnate. Before then, Gertler was a kingpin in that African nation. He bought huge mining concessions earning billions. In order to obtain those concessions, he handed out bribes worth hundreds of millions […]
Israeli Military Censor Permits Reporting on Druze Special Forces Commander Killed by Friendly Fire Media falsely claim they are first to report his identity after his 2018 death. I broke military censorship then, reporting it here
There isn’t much that shocks me about the callous hypocrisy of the Israeli military and intelligence apparatus. But this is right up there: three and a half years ago Sayeret Matkal, Israel’s elite special forces unit, infiltrated a squad into Gaza. Their ultimate goal was to plant advanced listening devices permitting the IDF to intercept […]
Israel: the Police State If you are Palestinian, you can't even die in peace
Horrible scenes as Israeli security forces beat the funeral procession for slain journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and the crowd momentarily lose control of her casket pic.twitter.com/DEJF5Ty9tZ — Emir Nader (@EmirNader) May 13, 2022 Israel has sunk to a new low even I thought it could not reach. It summoned Anton Abu Aqleh to a Jerusalem […]
