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Titolo: Money launderer contributed to Barak campaign

 
 
 
Money launderer contributed to Barak campaign 
 
By Guy Leshem 
 
Ehud Barak, a candidate for the Labor Party leadership, received
contributions from a businessman who was convicted in Switzerland in 2004
for laundering more than $86 million, according to a list of campaign
donors obtained by the State Comptroller last week. The businessman, Uri
David, is an Israeli residing in London since 1978. The funds came from
bribes received by the Nigerian dictator, General Sani Abacha, who died in
1998. 
David confessed after Swiss bank UBS opened an internal investigation on
the source of the funds, which appeared in his bank account. The
investigation revealed that the funds were deposited by international
companies, including Indian conglomerate Tata, and German company
Ferrostaal. Signatory rights on the account belonged to Abacha's sons,
Muhammad and Abba. 
David, who became a British citizen in 1995, founded a successful company
there for electronics products, and is known as an activist in the British
Jewish community. He is also considered a regular host of Israeli
politicians visiting London. He is a personal friend of Barak and
contributed much to the Labor Party. 
 
 
David is a business partner of Benjamin Gaon, an Amir Peretz supporter,
owning 15 percent of Gaon Holdings. 
The prosecutor in the money laundering case in Geneva said David was not
sentenced to prison because he cooperated with the authorities and because
of his frail health. He was convicted of violating money laundering laws,
forgery, and abetting a crime organization. He was fined $250,000 and was
forced to return another $750,000 which was transferred to a private
company of his, apparently for his services in the scam. 
The judge also sentenced him to release $86 million, which was returned to
Nigeria. Abacha is believed to have defrauded the country of 4 billion
Swiss francs, or $3 billion. 
The case caused a stir in Britain, where the local Labor Party returned
funds David had donated to it. Israeli politicians, in contrast, were not
perturbed by the scandal. Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik was hosted by David
during the investigation against him. Other politicians, including Barak
and Meretz MK Ran Cohen, were hosted by him for various forums within the
Jewish community in London. 
Barak's campaign headquarters commented: "The campaign is not aware of the
claims appearing in your questions." The campaign stressed that all
donations were received legally, and if anything was found wrong, the
matter would be immediately addressed. 
 
 
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 Money launderer contributed to Barak campaign
scusa sergio, Barak è laburista, non è mica una merdaccia likudnik
(cit.)...

giovanni ha scritto:
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già. ma non mi stupisco, del resto anche in Italia c'e' la sinistra e ci
sono le merdacce nostalgiche di Craxi che pensano di essere di sinistra.
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 sono le merdacce nostalgiche di Craxi che pensano di essere di sinistra.
Te l'ho detto sergio che fai prima a dire "merdacce israeliane".
Non ti toccherebbe contorcerti in quel modo.
Tb
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fatti meno seghe mentali insieme ai tuoi amichetti agenti segreti
bottegari, tb
Per me gli israeliani non sono merdacce, i likudniki e i loro
amichetti italiani si.
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Peace Now protesters in Hebron call for removal of settlers
By Associated Press
About 200 Peace Now demonstrators gathered in Hebron on Tuesday to
mark the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the 1967 war, urging the
government to remove all Jewish settlers from the biblical city.
At Tuesday's protest near the Tomb of the Patriarchs, demonstrators
held
signs calling for the removal of the settlers. They faced off against
30
  counter protesters nearby, who carried signs calling them traitors.
Local
Palestinians peered out from the windows at the protesters, while
dozens of soldiers - including troops on a nearby rooftop - stood
guard.
"I'm here to protest the occupation in one of the most violent places
in the territories. I want my name down as one of the people who are
opposed," said Doron Narkiss, 52, a teacher from Tel Aviv.
David Wilder, a spokesman for the Hebron settlers, called the protest
incitement. "How can Jews support those trying to kill us?" he said.
Military authorities had sought to ban the demonstration, arguing that
the protest would lead to a breach of the peace by settlers, which
could endanger the lives of demonstrators, local Palestinian
residents, IDF soldiers and police.
But on Monday, the High Court of Justice ruled that the Peace Now
organization could go ahead with a protest to set take place Tuesday
next to the Jewish settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron.
The left-wing group petitioned the court after the request to hold the
demonstration was turned down by then head of the Israel Defense
Forces Central Command, Yair Naveh. The head of Peace Now, Yariv
Oppenheimer, said it was regrettable that the court had to intervene
to safeguard the freedom of expression.
Hebron is revered by Jews and Muslims as the site where biblical
patriarchs were buried, and it is a frequent flashpoint. Israel
controls the center, where about 500 settlers live in heavily guarded
enclaves among about 160,000 Palestinians. The Palestinians control
the rest of the city.

 amichetti italiani si.
I likudniki come Barak, LOL.
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 I likudniki come Barak, LOL.
non ho scritto : likudniki = Barak .
Barak č l'esempio del fatto che anche nel labor israeliano esistono mele
marce. Come quella mela molto marcia di Craxi nella sinistra italiana.
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 marce. 
I likudniki sono merdacce per definizione...
Nel labor, mele marce.
Te l'ho detto che fai prima a scrivere "merdacce israeliane".
Tb
Ps: perché Barak sarebbe una mela marcia?
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 Te l'ho detto che fai prima a scrivere "merdacce israeliane".
e perche' mai? io distinguo le merdacce likudnik dagli israeliani di
Meretz, Peace Now, B'Tselem e di una parte del Labor party.
 
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