- Following quickly upon the Ginosar scandal, came PM Sharon's
appointment of a terror-advocating priest, Irineos 1 as head of the Greek
Orthodox church in Israel. Now who would believe that this mistaken judgement
call by Sharon could possibly be associated in any way with the use of
Yossi Ginosar as interlocutor for the $350 million intended for the Treasury
of the PA that Yasir Arafat stole from his people?
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- But it is, it is. The route is somewhat precarious, so
let us save me the effort of summarizing the Irineos/Sharon background
by directly quoting Arutz Sheva.
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- More Scoops On The Israeli-Greek Near-Tragedy
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- Arutz-7 continues to reveal more of what went on behind
the scenes in the decision not to appoint Arafat-ally Irineos I as head
of the Greek Orthodox Church in Israel. It will be recalled that Prime
Minister Sharon was in favor of the appointment, but backed down at the
end of last week in the face of strong opposition from some of his ministers.
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- Evidence of Irineos' anti-Semitism was provided by a
letter he wrote Arafat on July 17, 2001, stating, "You [Arafat] are
aware of the sentiments of disgust and disrespect that all the Holy Sepulchre
fathers are feeling for the descendants of the crucifiers of our Lord...
actual crucifiers of your people, Sionists [sic] Jewish conquerors of the
Holy Land of Palestine." Irineos' letter asks Arafat for his support,
promising that if he is elected head of the church, "rest assured,
Mr. President, that the rights of our most beloved Palestinian people on
the Holy City of Jerusalem will find the most 'hot' supporter."
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- Arutz-7's Shimon Cohen has now learned that Irineos tried
unsuccessfully to pull off an underhanded trick that would have gained
him legitimacy in the eyes of the Israeli Cabinet. Atty. Gilad Sher - who
served as bureau chief to Prime Minister Ehud Barak - conducted a correspondence
on Irineos' behalf with Justice Minister Meir Sheetrit regarding a deal
between the Greek Orthodox Church and the State of Israel. The deal would
involve the granting of a 150-year lease to Israel for Church-owned lands
on which stand properties such as the Knesset, the government complex,
and the residences of the President and the Prime Minister. Irineos then
sent Sher a letter of approval for the idea - but did not include his official
stamp and signature. Also "overlooked" was the fact that the
Greek Orthodox Church cannot make any real estate deals without the signatures
of all 18 members of its highest religious authority, known as the Synod.
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- Irineos' plan apparently was to present the deal to the
Synod only after it was approved by the Israeli government; the Synod would
likely not have approved it, but Irineos would thus present himself as
a "moderate" and a "friend of Israel." When Attorney-General
Elyakim Rubenstein learned of the ruse, he sent a letter to Justice Minister
Sheetrit saying that the procedure he and Atty. Sher had begun was illegal,
because of the Synod requirement of 18. The trick to "purify"
Irineos was thus nipped in the bud.
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- To begin this tale, we must return to the late '90s when
Ehud Barak was prime minister.
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- The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA), Dec 31, 2000 pA4.
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- There are still behind-the-scenes efforts to keep the
flagging negotiations alive. Barak's chief of staff, Gilead Sher, has been
meeting with the Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. The Palestinian parliamentary
speaker, Ahmed Korei, who has been an outspoken critic of the Clinton proposals,
is said to be ready to meet with U.S. officials in Washington and has reportedly
been secretly meeting with a frequent go-between for Barak, Yossi Ginossar,
a businessman.
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- The Independent (London, England), July 21, 2000 p13
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- Other members of the Israeli PR team reveal the khaki
tinge of Mr Barak's circle: they include the former chief of the Israel
Defence Force's northern command, Major-General Yossi Peled and Amram Mitzna,
the mayor of Haifa, the IDF's former head of central command.
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- We note that the same Gilead Sher, who along with Yossi
Ginosar and Amram Mitzna were members of Barak's intimate "peace"
team, was the chosen emissary to trick Sharon into approving Irineos'
appointment as Greek Orthodox church head. Now what interest did Sher have
in promoting Irineos? Or more to the point, who was he representing? As
the following connections reveal, Sher was upholding the standing of one
of the embezzlement partners of Arafat/Peres Inc.
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- Another time saver: For a transcript of Maariv's historic
expose of the Ginosar fraud, visit: http://memri.org/bin/opener.cgi?Page=archives&ID=SP45302
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- Let us recall that Yossi Ginosar and Hani Masri are both
members of the board of directors of the Shimon Peres Center For Peace.
Let us recall still that Daniel Abraham and Prof. Stephen F. Cohen are
also members of that illustrious monument to money laundering. Let us further
recall that the former Utah Congressman Wayne Owens was also a member of
the board of Peres' Peace Center and ran his own peace center in Washington.
His business organizers were Daniel Abraham and Stephen Cohen. And a very
close associate of Owens, Cohen and Abraham was Hani Masri. Working hand
in hand with his peace partners, Masri managed to get the American government
to cough up $60 million to promote business projects in Arafat-land. The
funds were handled by the Capital Investment Management Corporation of
Maclean, Virginia.
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- Now look at the Greek Orthodox Connection to this Clinton-era
scam:
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- http://www.qatarbusinesscouncil.org/bio.html
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- Immediately before his appointment to Qatar Ambassador,
Patrick Nickolas Theros served as Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism,
responsible for the coordination of all U.S. Government counterterrorism
activities outside the United States.
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- In September 1999 the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem,
Diodoros I, appointed Ambassador Theros as his representative in the United
States.
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- Upon retiring from the Foreign Service in December 1998,
Ambassador Theros assumed position as Director for International Projects
of Capital Investment Management Corporation, a McLean, Virginia investment
firm.
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- Now isn't this a sweet coincidence? Theros - merely second
in charge of American counter-terrorism operations - retires and soonafter
becomes director of Capital Investment Management Corporation, which bilked
the US government of $60 million by way of Owens, Peres, Arafat, and Ginosar
partner, Hani Masri. And who appointed him their personal representative
in America; why the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem.
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- Yes, it's true. The Greek Orthodox Church was all tied
up in the Ginosar scandal and indirectly, so far, in the subsequent murder
of Wayne Owens.
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- We now return to 1997 when Stuart Eisenstadt and William
Daley inaugurate the Masri initiative:
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- http://www.usembassy-israel.org.il/publish/peace/archives/1997/me1117e.html
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- November 17, 1997
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- DOHA -- Secretary of Commerce William Daley said November
17 that the signing of a protocol for a new $60 million equity fund that
will invest in the Gaza, West Bank and Jordan, backed by the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation (OPIC), "demonstrates the commitment of the
United States to furthering the cause of peace in the region (and) will
also directly lead to expanded commercial cooperation between American
firms throughout the West Bank, Gaza and Jordan."
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- It is now with great pleasure and honor that I will introduce
the United States Secretary of Commerce, the Honorable William Daley, who
will then be followed by Undersecretary of State Mr. Stuart Eizenstat and
Mr. Hani Masri, Chairman of the Capital Investment Management Corporation,
who will each make a few comments about this event today...
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- Last but assuredly not least, I especially want to commend
Mr. Hani Masri, the chairman of Capital Management Investment Corporation.
Mr. Masri is the kind of fund manager who will get results for this fund
because of his own expertise and because he cares for the people of the
region. As a Palestinian American, he has a particular interest in seeing
that the Palestinian people experience what they have not experienced so
far: The fruits of peace, so long overdue. As you can see today, Mr. Masri
has already made this fund into a going concern.
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- This is a perfect example of what has been a centerpiece
of this Administration's international economic policy, mainly private-public
partnerships. OPIC has provided a two-for-one match for the generous investment
which Mr. Masri has made. Mr. Masri, thank you for your contribution and
for the participation, I know, of a partner from Qatar. We are very proud
to be here with you.
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- But all the great hopes turned to ash, when one Bernard
Bucheit blew the whistle on this great experiment in Middle East bunco
artistry.
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- http://www.house.gov/ethics/Traficant_Transmittal_Letter.htm
Finally, as noted, Count X of the SAV charges Representative Traficant
with engaging in a continuing pattern and practice of official misconduct,
through which he misused his office for personal gain, and which comprised
the following instances of conduct, or any combination thereof: the instances
of conduct alleged in each of Counts I, II, III, IV, V, and VII of the
SAV, separately and inclusive; and/or the course of conduct in which Representative
Traficant agreed to and did perform official acts on behalf of Bernard
"Pete" Bucheit, for which Bucheit and companies he controlled
agreed to and did provide Representative Traficant with things of value.
On behalf of Bucheit, Representative Traficant intervened with United States
government authorities with respect to a contract dispute between Bucheit,s
company and Prince Mishaal of Saudi Arabia, and/or with respect to an investment
in the Gaza Strip.
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- http://www.americanmafia.com/Feature_Articles_189.html
http://www.wkyc.com/news/morelocal/cleveland/020828traficant.asp http://www.jmcc.org/media/report/99/Sep/5b.htm
And this interesting excerpt from the link above: The first American-owned
company to invest in Gaza has been awarded a $15 million judgement against
the Cairo Amman Bank for misappropriating a US government loan. United
States district judge Kathleen McDonald O'Malley ruled in August that the
bank's "pattern of racketeering activity" had caused the failure
of Bucheit International, Ltd's precast concrete plant in Gaza. The Cairo
Amman bank is one of three banks permitted to do business in Gaza and frequently
handles donor funds. "Our family has decided that the Palestinians
don't deserve our money and time as long as a 'racketeering Enterprise'
exists in Gaza," says company owner B.J. Bucheit, Jr. in a response
to questions. Bucheit has appealed to Congress to hold out on funding designated
for the implementation of "Wye 2" as long as corruption has not
been cleaned up. "The real losers, as usual, are the people of Palestine,"
he wrote. -Published 29/9/99 (c)Palestine Report
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- And there it is, wrapped up in one package. The Greek
Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem appoints Theros its American representative
while Theros is the head of the corporation running the Masri scam. Hence,
weren't Masri, Peres, Arafat, Ginosar, Owens and The Greek Orthodox Church
of Israel all tied up together in the scheme to bilk the US government
of $60 million? And wasn't Gilead Sher pushing for a pro-Arafat Greek Orthodox
church head at the behest of this ungodly cabal of "peace" crooks?
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- It appears that the timing of Irineos 1's attempted takeover
of the Greek Orthodox Church in Israel so quickly after the exposure of
the Ginosar scandal was not all that coincidental.
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- ***
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- My readers are the most perceptive of anybody's. I defy
anyone to prove otherwise. Here are a few vital addendae sent to me regarding
the Ginosar crimes. First, observe that the Greek Orthodox Church in Israel
is involved in at least, one other fraudulent scheme:
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- Judge investigated for false affidavits By Arnon Regular,
Ha'aretz Correspondent
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- A land dispute in the western Galilee from several years
ago has turned into a national fraud squad investigation into whether a
magistrate judge from the north, while working as a private lawyer prior
to becoming a judge, filed false affidavits to the court.
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- The police investigation, currently in the preliminary
stages, involves examining allegations brought to the police by the losing
side in the case.
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- The land dispute centered around ownership of rights
to develop land owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in the village of
Samia.
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- The police is remaining mum on the issue, except to say
it is handling the complaint. The court system says that the case is in
the hands of the police, "and the judge was not aware of the police
examination until the question was raised" by Ha'aretz.
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- According to the complaint, the lawyer-turned-judge represented
a group calling itself the Greek Orthodox Council, which received permission
from Greek Orthodox patriarch Metropolitan Irenios I, to develop the land
as a tourist and pilgrim center.
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- But an investigation conducted by private detective Suheil
Haddad, a former police officer, commissioned by Yusuf Nasser of Samia,
who lost the case on the rights issue, allegedly turned up evidence of
the fraudulent affidavits.
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- Nasser is now calling for a police investigation to prove
the documents were falsified, so that he can reopen his claim to the land.
Nasser claims to have received permission from Diodoros I, the previous
Greek Orthodox prelate, for the development rights.
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- Now take in another betrayal by Ginosar as he worked
hand in hand with Arafat to bank and launder the monies that the PA President
For Life stole from his unwary followers. Moshe Dayan once made some off
the cuff comments that the capture of the Golan Heights in 1967 was an
act of greed lust. He asked that the comments never be published. Ginosar
made sure they were and in doing so, further aided the cause of the enemy:
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), May 4, 1997 p70A. Title:
ISRAEL TOOK GOLAN HEIGHTS FROM SYRIA IN 1967 WAR OUT OF GREED, DAYAN SAID
1976 INTERVIEW,
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- Those and other of Dayan's thoughts were set down on
paper in 1976 by Rami Tal as they sat in Dayan's Tel Aviv garden. Tal,
now a senior editor at the publishing house for the newspaper Yediot Aharonot,
asked permission to record Dayan's words.
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- Dayan agreed on condition that they not be published
without his permission. Tal, who printed them in Yediot Aharonot's Passover
supplement this week, said that after Dayan died in 1981, the transcripts
sat in a drawer for 15 years.
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- Last year, he showed them to Yossi Ginossar, a former
high official in the Shin Bet security service and a confidant of Dayan's
who urged that they be published.
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- One observant correspondent noted, for whatever it means,
that Stephen F. Cohen, the director of Ginosar's front companies for Arafat,
is a member of the Council On Foreign Relations.
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- Stephen Frand Cohen
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- Birth: November 25, 1938 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United
States Occupation: political scientist, historian, educator, author, broadcaster
Source: The Complete Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2001.
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- Source Citation
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- Family: s. Marvin Stafford and Ruth (Frand) C.; m. Katrina
vanden Heuvel; children: Andrew, Alexandra, Nicola. Education: B.S., Ind.
U., 1960; M.A., Ind. U., 1962; Ph.D., Columbia U., 1969; cert., Russian
Inst., 1969. Civil/Military Service: Bd. dirs. NYU Ctr. for the Media.
Memberships: Mem. Council Fgn. Relations, Am. Polit. Sci. Assn., Am. Hist.
Assn., Am. Assn. for Advancement Slavic Studies. Addresses: Home, 340 Riverside
Dr Apt 8B, New York, NY, 10025-3436.
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- We conclude with a review of my new book, Save Israel!,
still $25 by writing me:
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- From the World Affairs Brief:
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- BOOK REVIEW
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- By Joel Skousen
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- SAVE ISRAEL By Barry Chamish
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- I've just completed Save Israel, Barry Chamish's fifth
book in his series of intelligence briefings on the crisis in Israel. It
is a must read. The first three books by Chamish (Traitors and Carpetbaggers
in the Promised Land, Israel Betrayed, and The Last Days of Israel), as
well as Save Israel, are compilations, with revisions and updates, of his
periodic briefings on Israel, of which I am a recipient. His fourth book,
Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin?, is a complete work in and of itself and is
the definitive investigative work on the assassination.
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- Chamish's books should be read as a series because each
work builds upon the others as Chamish tracks the ongoing saga of intrigue
and betrayal of Israeli sovereignty from within the halls of power. Chamish
and I are both convinced there is a globalist conspiracy controlling the
governments of the US, EU and Israel (though there are competing factions
within the conspiracy, and a vast array of naive, loyal or manipulated
government employees who do what they're told, not being fully aware of
the agenda being advanced under the guise of National Security).
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- Since there are no defectors from the top echelons, Chamish
finds the best evidence of conspiracy and betrayal in the accounts of whistleblowers
who tell of government collusion and cover-up for corruption, murder, blackmail
and bribery in high government affairs - all illegal acts that go unpunished
because of a broad system of immunity granted to inside players. Where
Chamish lacks insider testimony, he culls through the police evidence directly
or watches for contradictions in official and media versions until he figures
out what really happens. He could easily qualify as Israel's Sherlock Holmes.
Chamish has a steel-trap logical mind that lets no detail escape his notice.
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- Analyzing conspiracy is a fine art. There is a lot of
garbage and disinformation out there, particularly stemming from certain
people who claim to know more than they can really know and still be on
the good side. These types of people are either disinformation artists
or are making some things up. But, to Chamish's credit, whenever he gets
better information, he is quick to discard the old. He doesn't keep hanging
on to problem information just to save his ego. He's a seasoned fighter
and values only what is ultimately true.
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- If there are weaknesses in Chamish's books, it is in
the editing. Perhaps due to the constraints of time and being too close
to the action, Chamish fails to provide dates for comments referring to
"last week" or some other unspecified date. There are also several
Hebrew crossover words thrown into his writings that are understandable
to those who frequent Israel, but which many readers probably won,t understand.
Just type them into an internet search engine as you read along, and a
suitable interpretation will be produced. Lastly, you,ll encounter a dizzying
host of new names of key players and conspirators in Israeli operations
that will be hard to keep track of, let alone keep straight. Have patience;
the important names keep surfacing regularly in each new scandal or cover-up,
and pretty soon you,ll know who the important ones are. Don,t try to remember
them all. It helps if you start with his earlier books so you can see the
big picture.
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- Save Israel, Chamish's latest, is the best so far. Before
his Rabin exposé gained national attention, Chamish was viewed as
a kook, albeit tenacious, an author to be ridiculed by the establishment
press or ignored. No longer is Chamish ignored. His Herculean efforts to
expose corruption in Israel have made him a type of folk hero among critical
thinkers. By his own admission, he,s a flawed man, who the government and
media loves to take pot shots at. Yet most of his imperfections can be
overlooked because his intellectual integrity is what,s most important
here. I consider Barry Chamish the world's most savvy witness of current
events in Israel. He's not perfect, but he's the best Israel has for now.
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- You must email Barry Chamish directly (chamish@netvision.net.il)
to obtain his latest book.
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