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Afrocubaweb Jewishcuba.Org the Cuba America Jewish Mission AfroCubaWeb jewishcuba.org The Cuba America Jewish Mission Archives 2007 2005-2006 2003-2004 1990-2002 Anti Zionist Jewish sites American Council for Judaism Ethnic Ashkenazim Against Zionist Israel Israel versus Judaism Jews Against the Occupation Jews against Zionism Jews not Zionists Jews United Against Zionism - Neturei Karta Norman Finkelstein Robert I. Friedman - Red Mafiya: How the Russian Mob Has Invaded America Anti Zionist sites Criminal State Israel Divestment Campaign Olympia Divestment, Boycott, & Sanctions Somerville Divestment Project stopthewall.org stopaipac.org www.whoprofits.org Database of entities profiting from the occupation of Palestine Pro-Israel, pro-peace Brit Tzedek v'Shalom - Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace Coalition of Women for Peace israelpolicyforum.org J Street Who Profits - Exposing the Israeli Occupation Industry Links Sibel Edmonds and the Turkish - Russian - Israeli Mafia General Israel Ziv - Global CST: Israeli Merchants of Death Final Judgment: The Missing Link in the JFK Assassination Conspiracy by Michael Collins Piper - the Mossad and JFK Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R - Florida, 18th district) - Cuban American Zionist & pillar of the Plantocracy pursuingjustice Shamai Liebowitz Israeli Actions in the Americas Here we track the interesting and under-reported story of Israeli activities in the Americas. A twisted tale... with Israeli gangsters settling in South Florida (where else?) and Israeli agents snooping across all US telecoms, backed by cadres of Israeli "students." Israeli arms merchant train and arm Venezuelan coup plotters, Colombian cartels, death squads, and paramilitaries. In these actions, they parallel the activities of the Cuban American Mafia - both groups acting as servant to their Washington masters, but at the same time exerting tremendous influence through a variety of means. Getting Rid of ʻAnti-Israelʼ Presidents 1/21/2012 Consortium News: "And the notion of Israel participating in efforts to change American political leadership is not as far-fetched as it might seem. There is extensive evidence that Likud Prime Minister Menachem Begin intervened covertly more than three decades ago to undermine President Jimmy Carterʼs reelection hopes because Begin feared that Carter would push Israel into accepting a Palestinian state. Despite strong evidence that Likud officials joined in Republican efforts in 1980 to stop Carter from gaining the release of 52 Americans then held hostage in Iran – a failure that sank Carterʼs hopes for a second term – Israeli supporters in the United States have heatedly disputed these allegations and have sought to demonize anyone who takes them seriously." Column One: Mainstreaming anti-Semitism 1/19/2012 Jerusalem Post: "Anti-Semitism may not yet be a litmus test for social acceptability in the US, but it has certainly become acceptable. Proof of this dismal state of affairs came this week with the publication of a supportive profile of University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer in The Atlantic monthly written by the magazineʼs in-house foreign policy guru Robert Kaplan." Newt Gingrich super PAC sees $5-million boost from Vegas benefactors 1/10/2012 LA Times: "They gave the funds because they feel loyal Gingrich, who shares their concern for Israel, and whom they first met in Washington in 1995, at the time Congress was considering legislation important to Israel, the Jerusalem Embassy Act. The law would require the moving of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel has long claimed Jerusalem as the historic capital of the Jewish state. Palestinians also claim the city as their spiritual capital. Adelson's wife, whom he married in 1991, is an Israeli physician." Yehuda Bauer: Israel's genocidal nationalists 1/8/2012 Al-Jazeera Private security and 'the Israelites of Latin America' 1/6/2012 Al-Jazeera: "All of a sudden, the methods that proved efficient in Nablus and Hebron begin speaking Spanish." Israeli intelligence agents on move in Latin America 1/4/2012 Deb Simon for Congress: "The nadir of the relationship appears to have been in February 2008, when national police reported that Argentine-born Israeli Shai Killman, a Global CST interpreter, copied classified Colombian documents surrounding military targets and attempted to sell them to the FARC. This attempt was ultimately prevented by Ziv and Killman was subsequently sent back to Israel. Relations between the the governments of Israel and Colombia are currently healthy, with Santos recently stating unequivocally that Colombia will not recognize a Palestinian state without Israeli agreement. The Colombian government is also seeking the extradition of Yair Klein, an Israeli national sentenced in absentia for training paramilitaries in Colombia." COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SOURS ON ISRAELI DEFENSE FIRM 1/4/2012 Panama America: Wikileaks cable published 1/12/09 - "GOC officials have expressed security concerns about Global CST in the past, and found it difficult to work with a private firm on national security matters as they were prevented from sharing USG intelligence with them. In February 2008, CNP sources reported that a Global CST interpreter, Argentine-born Israeli national Shai Killman, had made copies of classified Colombian Defense Ministry documents in an unsuccessful attempt to sell them to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) through contacts in Ecuador and Argentina. The documents allegedly contained high value target (HVT) database information. Ziv denied this attempt and sent Killman back to Israel." Secret CIA Documents on Mossad 1/3/2012 Serendipity: from US Embassy, Tehran Iran seeking to expand influence in Latin America 12/30/2011 WaPo: "Iran has been actively working for years to expand its ties and influence in the Western Hemisphere, and it has found willing partners in the regionʼs anti-American despots,” said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Ros-Lehtinen said she was disturbed by Ahmadinejadʼs plans for what she called a “tour of tyrants,” saying it would bring “the Iranian threat closer to our shores.” Israeli Scholar Disputes Founding Myth 12/13/2011 Consortium News: "Sand, himself a European Jew born in 1946 to Holocaust survivors in Austria, argues that until little more than a century ago, Jews thought of themselves as Jews because they shared a common religion, not because they possessed a direct lineage to the ancient tribes of Israel." El capítulo peruano de la injerencia israelí en América Latina. 12/1/2011 Descubriendo Verdades: "El derechista gobierno del Perú acaba de realizar un cuestionable acto de acercamiento hacia Israel, luego de la reciente visita del canciller sionista, Avigdor Lieberman, a ese país, el pasado 27 de Julio de 2009. Dentro de las negociaciones secretas entre el Ministro de Relaciones de Israel con el presidente peruano Allan García y su Ministro de Defensa, Rafael Rey, estuvo la aprobación por el Ministerio de Defensa sionista para que Global CST, empresa pantalla del Mossad, penetrara abiertamente en la nación andina con vistas a fortalecer el aparato militar y los servicios de espionaje del Perú, entrenar a las FF AA en la lucha antisubversiva y en la creación de una sofisticada red de inteligencia electrónica. Con la justificación de adiestrar al ejército peruano para combatir el narcotráfico y el terrorismo, se dio a conocer el pasado 8 de noviembre que el gobierno de Perú había contratado, a un costo de 9 millones de USD anuales, los servicios de Global CST, la empresa israelí dedicada al entrenamiento a varios ejércitos latinoamericanos en técnicas de lucha anti subversiva y espionaje." Firma contratada para agresión mediática contra Cuba bajo sospecha de espionaje en EEUU 10/19/2011 CubaDebate: "Shlomo Shamir, el presidente del Consejo de administración de la firma israelí RRsat Global Communications que Washington contrató para difundir una programación contra Cuba, dirigió durante años una empresa que el FBI y la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional (NSA), de EEUU, habían incluido en una lista de sospechosos de pertenecer a la Unidad 8200 de la inteligencia israelí. De acuerdo con James Bamford, autor del libro “La Fabrica en la Sombra: la ultrasecreta NSA, desde el 9/11 hasta las escuchas a escondidas contra Estados Unidos” (”The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America“), Shamir perteneció durante 24 años a las fuerzas armadas de Israel y se jubiló con rango de brigadier." Shamai Leibowitz, a moral giant 10/14/2011 Mondoweiss: "Shamai Leibowitz is a 40- year-old lawyer, clearly intelligent, a family man with 2 small children. Something he heard coming out of the Israeli embassy must have clearly frightened him to the point where he had felt he had to act, despite the risk to himself and his family. So far, Shamai Leibowitz, who is still in federal custody, is declining to comment about the case. His right to move on with his life must be respected. But that does not mean we cannot salute him, and add him prominently to the long list of people who over the decades of conflict in the Middle East have put humanity first." Canadaʼs Dirty Banks 10/5/2011 Dean Henderson: "Royal Bank of Canada has more off-shore subsidiaries than any other bank in the world. It bailed out the government of Guyana in 1976 after a CIA coup brought down the socialist government of Cheddi Jagan. Royal launched the business career of Venezuelaʼs most powerful Cisneros family, which overseas Rockefeller interests in that country. It has a joint venture in
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