Irving I. Moskowitz
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. He also 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. 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
