Irving I. Moskowitz
Irving I. Moskowitz (born 1928, New York) is a casino magnate and a key 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.'[1]
Funding Illegal Settlements
Moskowitz funded the rightwing Jewish settlers who started colonizing Arab neighborhoods in occupied East Jerusalem in 1997 which contributed to the collapse of the Oslo peace process. 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. He called the Oslo peace accords part of a 'slide toward concessions, surrender and Israeli suicide' which he was determined to stop.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Michael S. Serrill, Lisa Beyer, Jamil Hamad, Eric Silver, and Elaine Lafferty, Israel: The Power of Money, Time, 29 September 1997
