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| − | Moskowitz has used his Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation to funnel money to right-wing Jewish settlers to colonize the occupied West Bank. In 1996, he had funded the digging of a new exit to an archaeological tunnel in East Jerusalem that sparked a three-day gun battle between Israeli and Palestinian security forces resulting in 76 deaths. Since the mid-1980s he also funded the rightwing Jewish settlers colonizing Arab neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. By 1997, he had already spent $20 million on the enterprise. Janet Aviad of the Israeli group Peace Now called Moskowitz 'the biggest backer of Jews moving into East Jerusalem.' Moskowitz called the Oslo peace accords part of a 'slide toward concessions, surrender and Israeli suicide' which he was determined to stop.<ref name="im"/> | + | Moskowitz has used his Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation to funnel money to right-wing Jewish settlers to colonize the occupied West Bank. In 1996, he had funded the digging of a new exit to an archaeological tunnel in East Jerusalem that sparked a three-day gun battle between Israeli and Palestinian security forces resulting in 76 deaths. Since the mid-1980s he also funded the rightwing Jewish settlers colonizing Arab neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. By 1997, he had already spent $20 million on the enterprise. Janet Aviad of the Israeli group Peace Now called Moskowitz 'the biggest backer of Jews moving into East Jerusalem.' Moskowitz called the Oslo peace accords part of a 'slide toward concessions, surrender and Israeli suicide' which he was determined to stop. So extreme were Moskowitz's actions that they were resented even by Netanyahu.<ref name="im"/> |
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Revision as of 22:13, 29 September 2010
Irving I. Moskowitz (born 1928, New York) is a casino magnate and a right-wing Zionist funder of neoconservative institutions and illegal Jewish settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. In 1997, Time magazine described him as 'arguably the most pivotal player in the Middle East at the moment.' Moskowitz claims his intense Zionism is born of loss, having lost 120 relatives in the Nazi Holocaust.[1]
Funding Illegal Settlements
Moskowitz has used his Irving I. Moskowitz Foundation to funnel money to right-wing Jewish settlers to colonize the occupied West Bank. In 1996, he had funded the digging of a new exit to an archaeological tunnel in East Jerusalem that sparked a three-day gun battle between Israeli and Palestinian security forces resulting in 76 deaths. Since the mid-1980s he also funded the rightwing Jewish settlers colonizing Arab neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem. By 1997, he had already spent $20 million on the enterprise. Janet Aviad of the Israeli group Peace Now called Moskowitz 'the biggest backer of Jews moving into East Jerusalem.' Moskowitz called the Oslo peace accords part of a 'slide toward concessions, surrender and Israeli suicide' which he was determined to stop. So extreme were Moskowitz's actions that they were resented even by Netanyahu.[1]
Funding Righwing Politicians
Moskowitz has reportedly funded both Benjamin Netanyahu and his predecessor Ehud Olmert (though Olmert denied this). He was a key contributor to the Third Way which became part of Netanyahu's first ruling coalition. Moskowitz maintains links with its leader Avigdor Kahalani.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael S. Serrill, Lisa Beyer, Jamil Hamad, Eric Silver, and Elaine Lafferty, Israel: The Power of Money, Time, 29 September 1997
