Poju Zabludowicz - Revision history

Matthew Pringle: BICOM category added

2014-02-12T14:32:05Z

BICOM category added

Tom Griffin: /* BICOM - Finances */

2014-02-07T18:45:58Z

BICOM - Finances

Matthew Pringle: BICOM - Finances

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BICOM - Finances

Tom Griffin: /* Resources */

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Resources

Melissa Jones: typos

2013-04-17T14:19:28Z

typos

Melissa Jones: /* Affiliations, Contact, References and Resources */

2013-04-17T03:13:54Z

Affiliations, Contact, References and Resources

Melissa Jones at 03:12, 17 April 2013

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Melissa Jones: /* Richard Perle controversy */

2013-04-17T03:06:49Z

Richard Perle controversy

Melissa Jones: /* Richard Perle controversy */ went on to work for soltam

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Richard Perle controversy: went on to work for soltam

Melissa Jones: typo

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 <references/>
 [[Category:Israel Lobby|Zabludowicz, Poju]]
-[[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Zabludowicz, Poju]]
+[[Category:Conservative Party Donors|Zabludowicz, Poju]][[Category:BICOM|Zabludowicz, Poju]]

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 BICOM’s budget increased again in 2009 and 2010. At a meeting held on 8 July 2009, its board agreed that it would require a 12.5 per cent increase in spending that year and a 25 per cent increase in 2010 – increasing its total expenditure to around £2million. Its then director, [[Lorna Fitzsimons]] said: ‘Our detractors will use the political and trade union conferences in September to their advantage and we must uplift our activities to meet this need.’<ref>Robyn Rosen, ‘New strategy and £400K lift for BICOM’,
-Jewish Chronicle, 9 July 2010, p.9.</ref> Though the value of Zabludowicz’s donations since that time have not been disclosed, BICOM’s 2010 accounts confirm that it has remained dependent on him for monthly financial support.<ref>BICOM Accounts made up to 31 December 2010, p.3.</ref>
+Jewish Chronicle, 9 July 2010, p.9.</ref> Though the value of Zabludowicz’s donations since that time have not been disclosed, BICOM’s 2010 accounts confirmed that it remained dependent on him for monthly financial support.<ref>BICOM Accounts made up to 31 December 2010, p.3.</ref>
 ==Jewish Chronicle Power 100==

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 ==Sponsoring Israel Herzliya Conference 2008==
 In 2008, the [[Tamares Group]] sponsored the 8th [[Herzliya Conference]] in Israel.<ref>The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (2008) [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions]. Accessed 12th August 2008</ref>
 ==Jewish Chronicle Power 100==

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 ===Resources===
 *LevelBusiness [http://www.levelbusiness.com/doc/person/uk/03625661 Chaim Zabludowicz]
 ===References===

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 ==Sponsoring Israel Herzliya Conference 2008==
-In 2008, the [[Tamares Group]] sponsored the 8th [[Herzliya Conference]] in Israel<ref>The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (2008) [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions]. Accessed 12th August 2008</ref>.
+In 2008, the [[Tamares Group]] sponsored the 8th [[Herzliya Conference]] in Israel.<ref>The Annual Herzliya Conference Series: on the Balance of Israel's National Security (2008) [http://www.herzliyaconference.org/Eng/_Uploads/2154ExecutiveSummaryEnglish.pdf Conference Conclusions]. Accessed 12th August 2008</ref>
 ==Jewish Chronicle Power 100==
-In 2008, Zabludowicz was listed at number 30 in the ''Jewish Chronicle'' Power 100.<ref><i>The Jewish Chronicle</i> [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18s186&SecId=186&AId=59976&ATypeId=1 JC Power 100: Sacks stays on top, as new names emerge]. 9th May 2008. Accessed 16th August 2008</ref>.
+In 2008, Zabludowicz was listed at number 30 in the ''Jewish Chronicle'' Power 100.<ref><i>The Jewish Chronicle</i> [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18s186&SecId=186&AId=59976&ATypeId=1 JC Power 100: Sacks stays on top, as new names emerge]. 9th May 2008. Accessed 16th August 2008</ref>
 The article described Zabludowicz as:
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 ===Affiliations===
 *[[BICOM]] - Chairman and Funder<ref><i>The Jewish Chronicle</i> [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18s186&SecId=186&AId=59976&ATypeId=1 JC Power 100: Sacks stays on top, as new names emerge]. 9th May 2008. Accessed 16th August 2008</ref>
-*[[Community Security Trust]] - Advisory board member<ref>[http://www.thejlc.org/author/pzabludowicz/ Poju Zambludowizc], Jewish Leadership Council, accessed 15 April 2013</ref>
+*[[Community Security Trust]] - Advisory board member<ref>[http://www.thejlc.org/author/pzabludowicz/ Poju Zabludowizc], Jewish Leadership Council, accessed 15 April 2013</ref>
 *[[Conservative Friends of Israel]] - Funder
 *[[Jewish Leadership Council]] - Trustee<ref><i>The Jewish Chronicle</i> [http://www.thejc.com/home.aspx?ParentId=m11s18s186&SecId=186&AId=59976&ATypeId=1 JC Power 100: Sacks stays on top, as new names emerge]. 9th May 2008. Accessed 16th August 2008</ref>
 *[[Soltam]]
 *[[Tamares Group]]
-*[[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] - Advisory board member<ref>[http://www.thejlc.org/author/pzabludowicz/ Poju Zambludowizc], Jewish Leadership Council, accessed 15 April 2013</ref>
+*[[United Jewish Israel Appeal]] - Advisory board member<ref>[http://www.thejlc.org/author/pzabludowicz/ Poju Zabludowizc], Jewish Leadership Council, accessed 15 April 2013</ref>
 *[[Richard Perle]]

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 '''Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz''' is a London-based billionaire who has generously funded the Conservative Party in the UK and the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] (CFI).<ref name="Woolf">Marie Woolf and Jon Ungoed-Thomas, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3107950.ece Vegas casino billionaire bankrolls the Tories], ''Times Online'', 30 December 2007.</ref>  Furthermore, most of the funding for the Conservatives is actually channelled via the CFI. Zabludowicz is also the Chairman and main funder of the [[Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre]] (BICOM).
 Zabludowicz's fortune derives from the [[Tamares Group]] which has large real estate interests and casinos, but originally from [[Soltam]], the Israeli arms manufacturer set up by his father [[Shlomo Zabludowicz]].  NB: for some time Poju and Shlomo Zabludowicz were based in Finland.<ref name="Woolf"/>
-==Arms dealer==
+==Arms dealing==
 ===Richard Perle controversy===
 While serving as US Assistant Secretary of Defence for International Security Policy in the early 1980s, [[Richard Perle]] recommended that the US consider mortars designed by [[Soltam]] rather than [[Royal Ordnance]], a year after accepting a $50,000 consulting fee from Zabludowicz interests that was paid through one of the [[Tamares]] companies.<ref>Jeff Gerth, AIDE URGED PENTAGON TO CONSIDER WEAPONS MADE BY FORMER CLIENT, New York Times, 17 April 1983.</ref>

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 ::It was not until January 1982, nine months after Mr. Perle says the Zabludowiczes stopped being his clients, that he settled his financial arrangements with Mr. Lehman and Abington and received a portion of the $90,000 fee from 1980. The $50,000 Mr. Perle received in March 1981 was in addition to his share of the Abington fee.<ref>Jeff Gerth, AIDE URGED PENTAGON TO CONSIDER WEAPONS MADE BY FORMER CLIENT, New York Times, 17 April 1983.</ref>
-In 1987, after leaving his job as US Assistant Secretary of Defense  Perle worked for [[Soltam]].<ref>Stephen Green, [http://www.counterpunch.org/2004/02/28/neo-cons-israel-and-the-bush-administration/ Serving Two Flags Neo-Cons, Israel and the Bush Administration], ''Counterpunch'', issue of 28 February - 2 March 2004.</ref>
+In 1987, after leaving his job as US Assistant Secretary of Defense, Perle reportedly worked for Soltam.<ref>Stephen Green, [http://www.counterpunch.org/2004/02/28/neo-cons-israel-and-the-bush-administration/ Serving Two Flags Neo-Cons, Israel and the Bush Administration], ''Counterpunch'', issue of 28 February - 2 March 2004.</ref>
 ===Melvyn R. Paisley controversy===

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−	'''Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz''' is a London-based billionaire who has generously funded the Conservative Party in the UK and the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] (CFI).<ref name="Woolf">Marie Woolf and Jon Ungoed-Thomas, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3107950.ece Vegas casino billionaire bankrolls the Tories], ''Times Online'', 30 December 2007.</ref> Furthermore, most of the funding for the ~~conservative party~~ is actually channelled via the CFI. Zabludowicz is also the Chairman and main funder of the [[Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre]] (BICOM).	+	'''Chaim "Poju" Zabludowicz''' is a London-based billionaire who has generously funded the Conservative Party in the UK and the [[Conservative Friends of Israel]] (CFI).<ref name="Woolf">Marie Woolf and Jon Ungoed-Thomas, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3107950.ece Vegas casino billionaire bankrolls the Tories], ''Times Online'', 30 December 2007.</ref> Furthermore, most of the funding for the Conservatives is actually channelled via the CFI. Zabludowicz is also the Chairman and main funder of the [[Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre]] (BICOM).
	Zabludowicz's fortune derives from the [[Tamares Group]] which has large real estate interests and casinos, but originally from [[Soltam]], the Israeli arms manufacturer set up by his father [[Shlomo Zabludowicz]]. NB: for some time Poju and Shlomo Zabludowicz were based in Finland.<ref name="Woolf"/>		Zabludowicz's fortune derives from the [[Tamares Group]] which has large real estate interests and casinos, but originally from [[Soltam]], the Israeli arms manufacturer set up by his father [[Shlomo Zabludowicz]]. NB: for some time Poju and Shlomo Zabludowicz were based in Finland.<ref name="Woolf"/>