{"id":19570,"date":"2011-02-07T14:14:16","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=19570"},"modified":"2011-02-10T07:27:01","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T07:27:01","slug":"israeli-economy-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=19570","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Economy For Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gilad Atzmon \u2013 Gilad.co.uk February 7, 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/israel-economy-for-beginners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19572\" title=\"israel economy for beginners\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/israel-economy-for-beginners.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>We learn from the press and<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.port2port.com\/Index.asp?CategoryID=46&amp;ArticleID=2711\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>political analysts<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/2010\/03\/04\/israel-s-philosopher-of-finance.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Israel\u2019s economy is booming<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">. Some even suggest that Israel is one\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/articles\/0,7340,L-3871593,00.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>of\u00a0 the strongest economies around<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u2018How come?\u2019 you may ask;\u00a0besides\u00a0maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually\u00a0ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don\u2019t make cars; nor do\u00a0they make electric or electronic appliances, and\u00a0they hardly manufacture any consumer goods.\u00a0Israel claims to be advanced in high-tech technologies but somehow, the only Israeli advanced software ever to settle within our computers have been their\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/8064757\/ns\/technology_and_science-security\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Sabra Trojan Horses<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 In the land they grabbed by force from the indigenous Palestinians, they are yet to find any lucrative minerals or oil.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">So what is it? How is it that Israel is impervious to the global financial disaster?\u00a0How can Israel be so rich?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Israel may be rich because, according to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2007\/jul\/02\/russia.lukeharding1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Guardian<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">, \u201cout\u00a0 of the seven oligarchs who controlled 50% of Russia\u2019s economy during the 1990s, six were Jewish.\u201d\u00a0During the last two decades,\u00a0many Russian\u00a0 oligarchs\u00a0 have acquired \u00a0Israeli citizenship. They also secured their dirty money by\u00a0investing in the kosher financial haven; Wikileaks has\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globes.co.il\/serveen\/globes\/docview.asp?did=1000605267&amp;fid=1725\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>revealed lately<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>that \u201csources in the (Israeli) police estimate that Russian organised crime\u00a0(Russian Mafia) has laundered as much as US $10 billion through Israeli holdings.&#8221;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/writings\/gilad-atzmon-israeli-economy-for-beginners.html#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">[1]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Israel&#8217;s economy is booming because mega swindlers such as Bernie Madoff\u00a0 have been channeling their money via\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/jewish-world\/news\/u-s-jews-ponder-catastrophic-effects-of-bernard-madoff-affair-1.259767\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Zionists and Israeli institutions for decades.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/writings\/gilad-atzmon-israeli-economy-for-beginners.html#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">[2]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Israel is \u2018doing well\u2019 because it is the leading trader in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/electronicintifada.net\/v2\/article11170.shtml\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">blood\u00a0 diamonds<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">. Far from being surprising, Israel is also\u00a0the fourth biggest\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacewar.com\/reports\/Tough_times_for_Israeli_arms_dealers_999.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>weapon dealer<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>on this planet. Clearly, blood diamonds and guns are proving to be a great match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">As if this is not enough, Israel is also prosperous because, every so often,\u00a0it is caught engaged in\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/world\/middle_east\/8608053.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">organ trafficking<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span>and organ\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/weir08282009.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>harvesting<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">In short, Israel is doing better than other countries because it runs one of the dirtiest- non -ethical economies in the world. In spite of the Zionists&#8217; initial promise to bring about a civilised ethical Jew, Israel has, instead,\u00a0managed to develop an outstanding level of institutional\u00a0 dismissal\u00a0of international law and\u00a0 universal values. It operates as a safe haven for money made in some horrendous global criminal activities.\u00a0And it employs one of the world\u2019s strongest army to defend the wealth of just a few of the wealthiest Jews around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Increasingly, Israel seems to be nothing more than a humongous<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/print-edition\/features\/mystery-oligarch-in-a-seaside-town-1.242973\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>money laundering<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>haven for Jewish oligarchs, swindlers, weapons dealers, organ traffickers, organised crime and blood diamond traders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Such a realization can\u00a0 certainly explain why Israel is totally impervious to social equality within its borders.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Poor Israelis<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Since Israel defines itself as the Jewish state, one may expect the Jewish people to be the first to benefit from their country\u2019s booming economy.\u00a0This seems to be not at all the case.\u00a0In spite of the economy&#8217;s strength, Israel\u2019s record on social justice is appalling. In the Jewish state\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/therealnews.com\/t2\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=31&amp;Itemid=74&amp;jumival=5306\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>18 families control 60% of the equity<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0value of all companies in the land. The Jewish State is shockingly cruel to its poor. As far as the gap between rich and poor is concerned, Israel is listed right\u00a0at the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/banking-budgeting\/article\/107980\/countries-with-the-biggest-gaps-between-rich-and-poor\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>top<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0of the scale.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The meaning of\u00a0all of that\u00a0is pretty devastating; though Israel operates as an ethno-centric\u00a0racially orientated, tribal setting, it is proving to be totally careless of the members of its own tribe \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0In fact, in the Jewish state, a few million Jews are serving the darkest possible interests,\u00a0the fruits of which, are to be enjoyed\u00a0by just a very few rich\u00a0villains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Smoke Screen<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">But there is a deeper\u00a0and far more devastating meaning\u00a0implicit within\u00a0it all. \u00a0If my reading of the Israeli economy is correct, and Israel is indeed a monstrous cash haven for the dirtiest money around,\u00a0 then the Israeli Palestinian conflict is , at least, from the\u00a0Israeli-elite&#8217;s perspective,\u00a0 nothing but a smoke screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I hope that my readers and friends will forgive me for saying it \u2013\u00a0I hope that I will\u00a0 forgive myself for saying it \u2013 But it seems to me that the\u00a0Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel&#8217;s horrendous crimes against the Palestinian people, actually serves to divert attention away\u00a0from Israel&#8217;s complicity in some colossal and global crimes against vast populations around the world.\u00a0 Instead of addressing the above relentless greed-driven attempt to grab wealth on the expense of the rest of humanity, we are all focusing on a single territorial conflict, that\u00a0actually brings to light just one devastating criminal side of the Jewish national project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">It is more than likely that the vast majority of Israelis also fail to detect the deceitful role of the Israeli Palestinian conflict. The Israelis are indoctrinated to look at every possible issue from a national security perspective. They have failed to realise that along the intensive militarization of their society, their Jewish state has become a money laundering haven and a\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/russian-prosecution-accuses-jewish-oligarch-of-ordering-10-murders-1.164476\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>refuge for villains<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>from all over the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">But here\u00a0is some bad news for Israel and its corrupted elite. \u00a0It is just a question of time before the Russians, Americans, Africans, Europeans, all\u00a0of humanity,\u00a0begin to\u00a0grasp it all \u2013 We are all Palestinians and we all share one enemy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I would even take it further, and argue that it is possible that,\u00a0not before too long \u2013\u00a0some\u00a0 deprived Jews and Israelis\u00a0will also begin to\u00a0realise how deceptive and\u00a0 sinister\u00a0 Israel and Zionism truly are.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><\/p>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/writings\/gilad-atzmon-israeli-economy-for-beginners.html#_ftnref1\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">[1]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0For more information about global organized crime connections with Likud or other major Israeli political parties. Please follow this link\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/cosmos.ucc.ie\/cs1064\/jabowen\/IPSC\/php\/topic.php?tid=147\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">http:\/\/cosmos.ucc.ie\/cs1064\/jabowen\/IPSC\/php\/topic.php?tid=147<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/writings\/gilad-atzmon-israeli-economy-for-beginners.html#_ftnref2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">[2]<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">\u00a0Also, it is rumoured that,\u00a0prior to its collapse, Lehman Brothers\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/print-edition\/news\/conspiracy-theory-faults-jews-for-lehman-brothers-collapse-1.255348\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>transferred 400 billion dollars to Israeli banks<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">. I am not in a position to substantiate any of these theories &#8212;\u00a0but I would strongly suggest that\u00a0it is of some urgency to\u00a0find out\u00a0how truthful these accusations are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Gilad Atzmon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.gilad.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/giladatzmon\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.myspace.com\/giladatzmon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzaproductions.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.jazzaproductions.squarespace.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gilad.co.uk\/writings\/gilad-atzmon-israeli-economy-for-beginners.html\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gilad Atzmon explains why Israel\u2019s economy seems impervious to the turmoil that plagues financial markets globally  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":109,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[66,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Economics","category-Israel_Anti-Semitism_Zionism_and_US-UK_allies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19570"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19778,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19570\/revisions\/19778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}