From Haaretz:
African migrants unwittingly funding Hamas terrorists, investigators say
Shin Bet security services and police officials say migrants are used as money launderers by terror organizations wanting to move cash in and out of Israel, and into the West Bank.
H/t Diana Buttu.
This is nothing, they also cast spells that make Jewish women infertile!
“This is nothing, they also cast spells that make Jewish women infertile!”
Well, they aren’t entirely to blame. Jewish parents do it, too! I’ve heard them and been a victim. The spell goes like this: They look at me, roll their eyes, and say the incantation: “Him? Feh! Are you nuts? Better a goy or shcwartzkopf ” and wham-bam! no baby-making for me. It’s powerful magic.
Yeah, this one is a bit suspicious. Israel seems to be reaching for a rationale to justify her expulsions.
One thought that immediately comes to mind: no one else does this? If illegal Africans find this to be a reliable way of transferring funds, why wouldn’t illegal whatevers?
…and if so, why doesn’t Israel find it necessary to crack down on them?
“to justify her expulsions.”
her*
Sorry Colin, but it’s an ‘it’. I can’t see why Israel should be the only ‘she’ country on earth.
oh my, why didn’t i think of that?
I’ll also point out that it can’t be all that much money. 60,000 destitute Africans in Israel seem unlikely to be able to remit more than — say — $100.00 apiece per month. If that — most of them must be hanging on by their fingernails. That means the great dread Hamas or whoever it is is gaining access to maybe six million dollars a month this way. What’s more, it still has to be paid back out in Mogadishu or whatever — it’s essentially only a loan. When one considers the logistics involved, one has to wonder: is this happening at all? The places these immigrants come from — it can’t be all that practical to run around with bags of cash looking for the remittee.
…So is it just an unusually creative Zionist invention? Maybe there are like two guys that did this three times.
In any event, the rather paltry possible amount would compare to what illegal Palestinian day workers in Israel simply bring back in and give. Plus, what Palestinians already in the West Bank simply give. Also compared to whatever Hamas can simply bring in in sacks. I can’t see the African transfers as being a major source of funds.
If I were going to try to arrange a conduit to Hamas in the West Bank, I’d go with phoney overseas remittances. Those would have a virtually unlimited potential, and would be virtually impossible to stop unless Israel interfered with all remittances to the West Bank — and that would seem likely to produce a Third Intifada.
I think this is bogus. Whether it is or isn’t happening, it’s not a real problem for Israel.
But it does serve as an effective excuse for rounding up the African migrants and expelling them.
And just what have those terror organizations managed to accomplish with all that money in Israel and the West Bank in recent years?
It’s absolutely despicable the amount of (racially motivated) lies and fabrications conjured by the highest levels of the Israeli govt in order to justify their illegal activities. It’s absolutely disgraceful that a country who fancys themselves civilized and democratic would engage in such unscrupulous behavior.