Ehud Levi
Dr. Ehud (Udi) Levi was Director of the Counter Terrorism and Proliferation Finance Bureau of the Office of the Prime Minister, Government of Israel, as of May 2008.[1]
At a meeting with the US Embassy in Tel Aviv in August 2007, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner of Shurat HaDin claimed to be in contact with 'Udi Levy' at the National Security Council and Uzi Beshaya at the Mossad. The report described both as key Embassy contacts on anti-terrorist finance cooperation.[2]
Toronto Address
On 29 May 2008, Levi gave an address to the Economic Club of Toronto entitled "Radical Islam verses The West: Power Struggles in a time of Economic Warfare."[1]
The [[Israpundit blog cited a report of the meeting by theNational Post, which stated:
- Ehud Levi, a former colonel in Israeli military intelligence, told a meeting of the Economic Club of Toronto yesterday Islamic radical groups are pumping billions of dollars a year into economies around the world to wage a conflict with the West.
- “But terrorism is only a very small proportion of their strategic plans,” he said.
- “The most important thing for radical Islamic groups is to reach their goals using the civilian infrastructure.”
- They are building schools and creating mosques and Islamic centres that can then be used to propagate their views.
- “Every year radical Islamic groups are sending billions and billions of dollars, from Saudi Arabia and Iran, to build this infrastructure,” he said.[3]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Media Advisory: Israeli P.M Advisor to Address Economic Club of Toronto, The Economic Club of Toronto, 29 May 2008.
- ↑ Israeli Ngo Sues Terrorists, Ties Up Pa Money, US Embassy Tel Aviv, 30 August 2007, released by Wikileaks, 1 September 2011.
- ↑ Peter Goodspeed, Israel Director, “banks beat bombs”, National Post, archived at Israpundit, 30 May 2008.
