Posted on 06/21/2008 8:11:49 PM PDT by Alouette
A UN agency has severed ties with Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev over allegations that he helped fund construction in the West Bank, Reuters reported on Friday.
According to the report, Leviev, who is the chairman of Africa Israel Investments, is in charge of at least one company in his conglomerate which the Arab rights advocacy group Adalah-NY claims built Jewish settlements on West Bank land.
Adalah-NY launched a campaign against Leviev whereby they appealed to the UN children's fund UNICEF to cut its connection with the Israeli businessman, the report said. UNICEF has received direct and indirect funding from Leviev over the years.
Following its review of the charges set by Adalah-NY, the UN group decided to end its relationship with Leviev after concluding that there was "at least a reasonable grounds for suspecting" his company had supported West Bank construction, Reuters reported.
"I can confirm that UNICEF has advised Adalah in New York that it will not be entering into any partnerships or accepting financial contributions from Lev Leviev or his corporate people," Chris de Bono, a senior adviser to the executive director of UNICEF, told Reuters.
"We are aware of the controversy surrounding Mr. Leviev because of his reported involvement in construction work in the occupied Palestinian territory," de Bono said, adding that it was UNICEF's policy to have partners who were "as non-controversial as possible."
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At least there can be no doubt about the allegience of the UN.
Adalah has been after Leviev for a while now, protesting in front of his New York diamonds boutigue. Eff the UN anyway. No reason to be throwing money down that hole.
Leviev is actually a shady character, but the UN must have plenty of other $$ from sketchy sources, so whatever.
My mother told me UNICEF was anti-Semitic way back when I was a child. She wouldn’t let me collect for it and such.
My parents told me the same thing...we were forced to collect those pennies at Halloween. When I think of it now, it was really sick how they made us do that and made us feel guilty at the same time. That’s what we have now as a result..politics of guilt. I can write a book about growing up an upper class Jew on Long Island in the 1960’s and 70s.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
This is news?
Why is the UN upset about this but not still allow Hamas members to be UN employees, while Hamas aims to kill as much Israeli’ civilians?
Lev Leviev has also built Jewish schools, synagogues and community centers from one end of the former USSR to the other, from Vilnius to Vladivostok, from St. Petersburg to Samarkand.
Your mother was very wise..
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He can confine his philanthrophy to Israel, if he wants to expand beyond Israel's borders, plenty of charities in the US which would appreciate the contributions.
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