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Analysis The Countless Israeli Connections to Mueller's Probe of Trump and Russia
The Israeli media usually takes scant interest in Robert Muellers investigations. It prefers to dwell on Donald Trumps supposedly pro-Israeli policies. Last weeks report in the New York Times about the participation of Joel Zamel, the Australian-born Israeli specialist in social media manipulation, in an August 3, 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York was an exception to the rule. The FBI, the Times reported, had even come to Israel to search the offices of Zamels company. Here was a direct Israeli link to the scandal that has bewitched much of America since Trump was first elected.
The moment of fleeting interest was followed up by a report, published by Walla! News, that another Israeli-based company called Inspiration, run by former IDF intelligence officers, had been employed by a super PAC that supported Trumps election. The report alleged that after retiring from the race, Housing Secretary and then-candidate Ben Carson personally presented Trump with Inspirations plan for voter manipulation in swing states. A source in the company told Walla! that Inspiration had received enormous amounts of information from the Super PAC, which it then used to compose strategies and slogans that would elevate Trump and float all kinds of things about Hillary Clinton.
The two separate cases of Israeli involvement fed into sometimes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories that seek to place Israel on the same level as Russia in its intervention in the 2016 presidential elections. In Israels case, however, there is no indication or allegation of direct government involvement or of Muellers interest. Nonetheless, beyond Zamel and Inspiration, a disturbing number of the main players implicated so far in Muellers investigation, many of them of Russian origin, have a direct link to Israel in their past or present.
There could be myriad reasons for the preponderance of actors with ties to Israel. In recent years, Israeli political strategists have developed an international reputation for election campaigns; many are employed by foreign political parties. Israeli intelligence services have certainly developed an expertise in psychological warfare; both Zamel and Inspiration are said to have employed former intelligence officers. And an estimated 10-15 percent of the million or so Russian immigrants who came to Israel from the 1970s onwards are known to have used the country as a way station to immigrate to the United States and other Western countries but not before picking up Israeli citizenship, which remains with them for life. These included so-called Russian oligarchs, some of whom made their fortunes on the wrong side of the law.
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https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-russia-mueller-probe-the-israel-connections-1.6116639
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Analysis The Countless Israeli Connections to Mueller's Probe of Trump and Russia (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
May 2018
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Judi Lynn
(160,623 posts)1. Thanks for the information, Uncle Joe. Rec. n/t
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)2. Thank you Judi Lynn