Difference between revisions of "Martin Schlaff"
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The extent of his connections are highlighted by the fact that he flew in former Isareli cabinet minister Aryeh Deri to oversee the circumcision of his newborn son Haim Yudel. Also in attendance were Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Ariel Sharon’s personal physician, Boleslav Goldman, and the Schlaff family's New York business partner Shlomo Obstfeld who according to Haaretz jumped from a 19th-floor apartment in Manhattan to his death under mysterious circumstances only a few weeks later. Gidi Weitz of Haaretz writes: | The extent of his connections are highlighted by the fact that he flew in former Isareli cabinet minister Aryeh Deri to oversee the circumcision of his newborn son Haim Yudel. Also in attendance were Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Ariel Sharon’s personal physician, Boleslav Goldman, and the Schlaff family's New York business partner Shlomo Obstfeld who according to Haaretz jumped from a 19th-floor apartment in Manhattan to his death under mysterious circumstances only a few weeks later. Gidi Weitz of Haaretz writes: | ||
| − | :According to his friends, the doors of a variety of heads of state, mainly in Europe but also in the Arab world, open before Schlaff. He is known to be in contact, for example, with leading figures in the Egyptian and Jordanian regimes, as well as with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi. | + | :According to his friends, the doors of a variety of heads of state, mainly in Europe but also in the Arab world, open before Schlaff. He is known to be in contact, for example, with leading figures in the Egyptian and Jordanian regimes, as well as with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.<ref>Gidi Weitz, [http://www.haaretz.com/magazine/special-report-the-schlaff-saga/the-schlaff-saga-1.312804 The Schlaff saga], ''Haaretz'', 7 September 2010</ref> |
| − | <ref>Gidi Weitz, [http://www.haaretz.com/magazine/special-report-the-schlaff-saga/the-schlaff-saga-1.312804 The Schlaff saga], ''Haaretz'', 7 September 2010</ref> | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
===External Resources=== | ===External Resources=== | ||
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[[category:Israel Lobby|Schlaff, Martin]] | [[category:Israel Lobby|Schlaff, Martin]] | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 12 September 2010
Martin Schlaff is an influential Austrian billionaire who has been active on the Israeli political scene.
Friends in High Places
The extent of his connections are highlighted by the fact that he flew in former Isareli cabinet minister Aryeh Deri to oversee the circumcision of his newborn son Haim Yudel. Also in attendance were Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Ariel Sharon’s personal physician, Boleslav Goldman, and the Schlaff family's New York business partner Shlomo Obstfeld who according to Haaretz jumped from a 19th-floor apartment in Manhattan to his death under mysterious circumstances only a few weeks later. Gidi Weitz of Haaretz writes:
- According to his friends, the doors of a variety of heads of state, mainly in Europe but also in the Arab world, open before Schlaff. He is known to be in contact, for example, with leading figures in the Egyptian and Jordanian regimes, as well as with Syrian President Bashar Assad and Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi.[1]
Resources
External Resources
- Special Report:The Schlaff Saga, Haaretz, 10 September 2010
- Gideon Levy, Time for disengagement, Haaretz, 12 September 2010
References
- ↑ Gidi Weitz, The Schlaff saga, Haaretz, 7 September 2010
