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| Sharon, Ginosar, Peres And The Late Wayne Owens by Barry Chamish
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| Of my previous bulletin, a reader notes: "Nothing new in what you wrote: it is public knowledge that Duby Weisglass was Rashid's lawyer - so all you need to do is put 2 and 2 together." My reaction: if it is public knowledge that Sharon's Office Manager Dov Weinglass is attorney for Muhamed Rashid, who ran the $300 million plus bank account opened by Yossi Ginosar to hide money Yasir Arafat stole from his people's Treasury, then why hasn't the public put two and two together? That little Sharon connection to the Ginosar scandal has remained buried deep. So let's exhume it for our masochistic pleasure. We begin with the great idea of opening a casino in Jericho to launder Arafat's pilfered treasure. The best plot of land in town was already owned, so Yasir decided to expropriate it by force: 10 May 2000 The Scotsman Mr Hamdouni had bought 40 acres of land in the desert outside Jericho. He had built a petrol station and planned a housing development. Then the reality of Yasser Arafat's rule hit Mr Hamdouni. Accused of the capital crime of treason 18 months ago, he was freed from jail only after he signed over his land to the Palestinian Authority. Within months, a front company for Mr Arafat had taken a secret 28 per cent sta ke in a casino built on what had been Mr Hamdouni's land. The casino now makes $9 million in monthly profits, but Mr Hamdouni sits at home, chain-smoking and lamenting the destruction of all the hopes he had for his people once the long Israeli occupation had ended. "Who can help me when my land is taken by the 40 thieves? I mean, Arafat is Al i Baba," says Mr Hamdouni, who lost #3 million on the petrol station and land. "We are under Palestinian economic occupation." The dream of a Palestinian state, which sustained the people here through occupation and intifada, has become a nightmare. The state which Mr Arafat promises to declare in September has all the trappings of independence, from uniformed police to postage stamps, but it is run as a fiefdom by a mafia of corrupt officials. ** The dream of Jewish/Arab cooperation in money-laundering for Arafat was almost derailed by attorney-general Rubinstein and Weisglass was hopping mad. ** Israelis may be barred from casino in Jericho JERUSALEM - The recently opened gambling casino in Jericho could face a major shortage of customers if Israel's attorney general has his way. Elyakim Rubinstein determined this week that Israelis, the casino's prime source of customers, should be barred from gambling there. In his decision, he cited a regulation that authorizes local courts to try Israeli citizens for offenses committed in the Palestinian self-rule areas. Gambling is illegal in Israel. Dov Weisglass, the lawyer representing the Austrian state-run firm that built and operates the casino, said Israelis already gamble in Turkey, the Red Sea resort of Taba as well as at illegal gambling houses within Israel. Weisglass said he hoped the attorney general would reverse his decision in light of what he called the oasis of "peace and friendship" operating in the West Bank town. "The attorney general has the authority not to enforce the letter of the law" when it is considered in the public interest to do so, Weisglass told Israel Radio. "I hope he will use his judgment to let this (remain) a place of peace, cooperation and friendliness." ** Criminal cooperation with Arafat or not, the master terrorist just murdered so many Jews that Jericho was blockaded. Shimon Peres didn't like that one bit and he got the blockade lifted after a good talk with Muhamed Rashid, the gangster Arafat chose to safeguard the Ginosar account in Switzerland. ** 25 April 2001 The Jerusalem Post Peres said lifting the Jericho blockade is part of a policy to let Palestinians lead normal lives despite the violence. "In the Jericho area, $700 million was invested in different industries... this plus the tourism... Everything has been paralyzed," Peres told Israel Radio. "Our position is to allow for a normal lifestyle unconditionally and without receiving anything in return... We don't want to harm innocent people." Palestinian officials welcomed Peres's statements. One source said the reopening of the casino and easing the closure on Jericho, which is a tourist resort, was discussed between Peres and Arafat's financial adviser, Mohammad Rashid, last Thursday, and not as reported in the Israeli press between Peres and Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. ** However, all the ill-gained profits just couldn't stop Yasir from practising his art of mass murder. So the casino got itself shut down. At this point Ariel Sharon involves himself personally with Yossi Ginosar. Sharon meets with Weisglass, his son Omri and Ginosar, all of whom have personal financial stakes in the casino. The subject of the tete-a-tete had to have been how to reopen their gold mine, terrorism or not. To Sharon's credit, his position was opposed to reopening the gambling joint until Arafat's murders stopped. ** http://www.israelinsider.com/channels/diplomacy/articles/dip_0026.htm Attention was also directed to an alleged connection between the Prime Minister's son Omri Sharon and the idea to reopen the casino. Omri Sharon reportedly discussed the reopening of the casino at a meeting with Palestinian officials before the elections. Attending recent negotiations with Sharon was former GSS agent Yossi Ginossar, who allegedly has a financial interest in the casino. Sharon was also accompanied by Israeli lawyer Dov Weisglass, who also serves as attorney for one of the casino owners. ** The pressure on Sharon was too much to bear. ** Casinos Austria "knew nothing" - Foreign ministry not informed. apanse0020010709dx1p0003g Israel has not had an ambassador here since February 4 last year when he was withdrawn in protest at the right-wing Freedom Party (FP) joining the Austrian government. Casinos Austria meanwhile denied it had been involved at all. Spokeswoman Bettina Stroblich said she knew nothing of the meeting. The Austrian foreign ministry also said it had not been informed. Earlier, Israeli reports said Sharon had sent three envoys to Vienna for private contacts with a top Palestinian official and an Austrian-based businessman. Sharon's three envoys were his son and election campaign manager Omri, lawyer Dov Weisglas, and ex-foreign ministry general secretary Eytan Bentzur. According to the Israeli radio and TV reports, the envoys were to meet Arafat's economic advisor, and also millionaire businessman Martin Schlaff, who has a share of the "Oasis" casino. In Israel, Sharon's press spokesman Rannan Gissin said the aim of the mission was to take up contact with an influential personality close to Arafat, and thus to show Sharon was willing for a dialogue with the Palestinians. Until recently, the "Oasis" casino in Jericho was one of the main sources of income for the Palestinian Autonomy Authority, and also a lucrative source of profit for Schlaff. It was closed last October when fighting broke out between Israelis and Palestinians. Weisglas represents Schlaff's business interests in the region. He is reported to be sueing the State of Israel for the forced closure of the casino, and for damage to the building caused by gunbattles. ** Not at all to his credit, Sharon mixes diplomacy with Ginosar and sends his son and Weisglass to Austria to conduct "peace" talks. This is reality in Osloland, where the lives of Israelis and Arabs are determined by the flow of illicit funds from their region to Europe. That being so, here is why Sharon set up Naomi Blumenthal to be dismissed: ** JTA Dec 11. BEHIND THE HEADLINES New financial scandal could hurt both Arafat and Israel's Labor Party .... "Shortly after the story [about the Ginossar scandal- DM] was published in Ma'ariv, Sharon instructed the Mossad to check whether the Swiss accounts were used to finance terrorism. Naomi Blumenthal, deputy minister of infrastructure from Sharon's Likud Party, demanded the establishment of a state inquiry commission that would examine not just the Ginossar affair but "all those who took part in the negotiations with the Palestinians." ** Blumenthal knew all about Sharon, his son Omri, Weisglass and their ugly ties to Ginosar and just how deeply they are involved in formulating policy. She can count herself lucky she didn't suffer the fate of Wayne Owens. Look at the list of people who decide how much money Arafat is to get from Israel. ** Oct. 15, 2002 - Jerusalem Post -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the eve of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to Washington Tuesday, Israel and the US reached an understanding to enable the transfer of some NIS 2 billion in frozen tax revenue to the Palestinian Authority, a senior source said. The US has recently applied heavy pressure to release the remainder of the funds as a way of easing Palestinian hardships. Israel's position has been that it would only release the funds when it is convinced a supervision mechanism is in place that would assure the money does not fund terror organizations. A senior source in the Prime Minister's Office said that the mechanism was set up at a meeting Monday of Palestinian Finance Minister Salaam Fayad, Prime Minister's Bureau chief Dov Weisglass, Foreign Ministry Director-General Avi Gil, Finance Ministry Director-General Ohad Marani, US Ambassador Dan Kurtzer, and Maj.-Gen. Amos Gilad, coordinator of government activities in the territories. The source denied the agreement was an attempt to "give" the US something prior to Sharon's visit Tuesday. The new mechanism will reportedly require the Palestinian Authority to deliver a list of who is on its payroll to American and European officials, who will monitor finances from inside the Palestinian Finance Ministry. * Ozrad Lev, Ginosar's partner who spilled the beans to Maariv, served in IDF intelligence, served as aide to Amos Gilad, the office director of the commander of military intelligence, who was Ehud Barak at that time. * Daniel Kurtzer is the CFR's American Ambassador to Israel and the first foreign backer of Amram Mitzna for PM. * Dov Weisglass has deeply implicated Sharon in the Ginosar affair. * Avi Gil was Shimon Peres' Foreign Ministry director and the last man to see Wayne Owens alive. WHAT THE GINOSAR REVELATIONS COST WAYNE OWENS BESIDES HIS LIFE The Jericho casino wasn't where the real big money was going. The biggest scam of all was the "peaceful" use of water. Wayne Owens was the head of "Middle East Energy and Water Resource Institute." Read http://www.meweri.org/Documents/2000%20Report.doc And his company won the tender to build Israel's first major desalinization plant. This was no tiny operation: "A decision by the Israeli Ministries of Finance and National Infrastructure to issue an International Tender for private development of a 50 million cubic meter per year sea water desalination facility expandable to 100 million m3/yr (November 5, 2000)." Arafat was persuaded not to sabotage the plant: " A formal decision by President Arafat to separate West Bank water right claims from the need to proceed immediately with large-scale sea water desalination in Gaza (April 2000). Efforts started in 1995 by the founders of the Institute and added to significantly by the Institute helped bring about this decision (April 26, 2000). " And why was Arafat so kind to this enterprise? "(He) influenced a policy decision by USAID to commit full funding ($75million) for full and fast-track development of a Gaza Water Carrier, arguing that this commitment would in turn stimulate the needed private investment interest a large-scale desalination facilities for Gaza (July 2000)." Now look who gets to supply special projects for the plant?: "To magnify opportunities, credibility and effectiveness during its first 16 months, the Institute, partnered with its two parent organizations the Center for Middle East Peace (the Center) and the International Arid Lands Consortium (the IALC) on most of its projects. Together with the Center and the IALC, the Institute also formed strategic partnerships for specific projects with NGO's Green Cross International (whose President is Mikhail Gorbechev) and the Peres Center for Peace (the NGO team)." Yes, you read it properly. The Shimon Peres Center For Peace had its grimy paws in the honeypot. To remind us all, members of the board of the Peres Peace Center included Wayne Owens, Yossi Ginosar and Owens' own business partners Daniel Abraham and Stephen Cohen. But let us look at the board structure of the water corporation: Appendix B. Board of Directors: The Honorable Wayne Owens, Chairman President and Co-Founder, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation Former member of Congress from Utah Mr. S. Daniel Abraham Chairman and Founder, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation Former Chairman, Slim Fast Foods, Inc. and Thompson Medical Corporation Ms. Sara Ehrman Senior Advisor, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation Former Senior Political Advisor, Democratic National Committee Co-Founder, Americans for Peace Now Dr. Richard Schoell Vice President for Research, New Mexico State University Founding Board Member, International Arid Lands Consortium Dr. Kennith Foster President, Member of Board of Directors, International Arid Lands Consortium Chairman, Board of Directors, Multilateral Middle East Initiative Director, Office of Arid Lands Studies, University of Arizona Mr. Sabih T. Masri Chairman, of Astra Investment Company (Jordan) Chairman, Palestinian Economic Development and Investment Company (PADECO) The Honorable Shimon Peres Chairman, The Peres Center for Peace Former Prime Minister of Israel Mr. Jean Frydman Prominent French/Israeli/Canadian businessman Senior advisor to Prime Minister Ehud Barak The Honorable Paul Simon Chairman, U.S. Institute for Peace Former U.S. Senator from Illinois Dr. Fu-Tong Hsu Prominent U.S./Taiwan businessman Chairman, Taiwan Vision Council Dr. Shiang Kueen Hsu Congressman, The National Assembly of Taiwan, ROC Director-General, Taiwan Resources Bureau Chairman, Chinese Taipei Committee, ICID The Honorable John Rhodes, III Special Counsel, Hunton and Williams Former member of Congress from Arizona ---- STRATEGIC PARTNERS: * "Economic Cooperation Foundation" - Yossi Beilin. * Mikhail Gorbachev Just look who got to skim off the cream from this watery gold mine! Owens organized the scam and his partners included Peres; Jean Frydman, who financed the Rabin murder for Peres; Sabih Masri, relative of Hani Masri of the Peres and Owens' peace centers boards, who headed a scam which bilked the American government of $60 million intended to boost the PA's economy; Daniel Abraham, of the board of Peres Peace Center and business organizer of Owens' peace center; and his assistant, Sarah Ehrman, head of Peace Now - America. Somehow Yossi Beilin and Mikhail Gorbachev also received baby-sized bites of the pie. Look what Owens stood to lose by the Ginosar affair! No wonder he was unconsolable. No wonder he had to be hushed up. The Oslo Peace process was nothing but a huge embezzlement scam exploiting Arafat and Peres' unquenchable criminality and the naivete of government do-gooders in Europe and America. Sharon had a cut of the crime through his son Omri and his Office Director Dov Weisglass. They had nothing to do with the desalinization plant where the real money lay, nor did they murder Wayne Owens. But they stood to profit from the Oslo crimes and Sharon has chosen to protect them by covering up the Ginosar scandal any way he can. Even if it costs him the election. And Israel, its soul. end (Just so my readers know, this awful research is starting to have its effects on me. No matter where I drive, Israel looks bleak. I've upped my cigarette consumption to ridiculous levels. I cannot give a speech anymore without having two stiff shots at the end to calm me down. Without, this degree of crime and the effect it is having on my audiences keeps me wired until the morning. When I began my Rabin research seven years ago, I was certain I could nail the murderers and morality would return to the land. I never dreamed that "peace" meant crime and "peacemakers," all of them, meant criminals. I am not voting. Anyone who does so is guaranteeing that the crimes will never end, no matter who they vote for. The system we live under assures our political leaders immunity from prosecution for any felony, from murder on down. Nothing will change so long as people support the system by voting.) The Plug: Credit: |