Jewish lobby group admits Soros support--J Street previously 'less than clear'

A reader (see comments) located what he believes to be Ediscul’s Facebook profile.

The mysterious large donor, Consolacion Esdicul, is better known as “Connie Esdicul” and even has a Facebook page. She appears to be a middle-aged woman who lives in the wealthy Happy Valley area of Hong Kong.

Ms.Esdicul has some unknown relationship with the New York hedge fund Black Rock and represented them at a charity event in HK. She presented a donation for Quality Camp to actor, Jackie Chan, from the Black Rock Advantage Fund in HK.

Black Rock has close ties to Soros ever since one of its founders, Keith Anderson, was appointed Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management 2 years ago.

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/09/25/index.html

Since J Street’s founding, Jeremy Ben-Ami has repeatedly lied about his organization’s dependence on Israel’s super-critic George Soros. Lake revealed that J Street’s US tax records prove that Soros and his family are major contributors.

J Street’s tax form 990 for the year ending in June 2009 showed that Soros contributed $145,000, daughter Andrea Soros gave $50,000 and son Jonathan an additional $50,000. That’s a significant percentage of J Street’s budget in its first years.

The IRS forms also list J Street’s five officers and directors – something J Street never before publicized. For good reason. The fifth listed is Mort Halperin, a veteran Washington foreign policy hand who also serves as senior adviser at Soros’ Open Society Institute. In October 2009, at the height of congressional condemnation of the Goldstone Report, Judge Richard Goldstone sent a letter to members of Congress defending his criticism of Israel. One enterprising reporter checked the document’s “properties” and discovered the real author: Mort Halperin.

BEYOND THE Soros contributions to J Street, equally troubling is a huge $811,697 contribution from a “Consolacion Esdicul” from Hong Kong. It appears that Consolacion is “Connie” Esdicul, who Google reveals is a member of the Hong Kong Rotary Club, living in the Happy Valley section of Hong Kong. But little is known about the woman. J Street claims she was solicited by Bill Benter, “a prominent J Street supporter from Pittsburgh.”

Why would a Hong Kong individual contribute as much as onehalf of J Street’s budget? Actually, Esdicul’s contribution is in line with J Street’s corrupt taking of money from pro-Saudi activists, Arab- American leaders, Muslim activists, State Department Arabists, a Palestinian billionaire and even a Turkish American who helped produce the anti-American and anti-Semitic film Valley of the Wolves.

According to the US Federal Election Commission, the largest contribution to J Street’s Political Action Committee is $36,000 from a Latin teacher in Teton Village, Wyoming named Bob Morris. How do you say “strange” in Latin? With such contributions, it’s easy to understand how J Street’s operation on Capitol Hill grew exponentially in the past 12 months.

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=189445

Last week J Street published ads in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal demanding that Israel “freeze settlement growth.” (There were no parallel J Street demands on the Palestinians to stop jihadi incitement in the PA’s newspapers, radio and television networks.) “I would guess the two ads cost J Street a few hundred thousand dollars,” wrote one Jewish anti-Israel writer.

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=189445

It seems that a new mysterious donor was found and its a Hong Kong millionaire Consolacion (Connie) Esdicul. Consolacion Esdicul.

Consolacion “Connie” Esdicul appears to be the “business partner” of Bill Benter. “Nobody’s more skilled at masking bets than Bill Benter

“The US-educated, impeccably dressed technician who developed the first successful program put to use at Happy Valley. The importance of his pioneering work is confirmed by rivals and experts alike.

“Benter got his start in the mid-1970s, when he discovered Beat the Dealer, a bible for blackjack card counters. He memorized the best-selling book’s strategies and hit the casino circuit, where he met his future partner, Australian (the late) Alan Woods (not the radical communist), a former actuary turned counter.”

“More than a decade later, Benter seems to have more in mind than just being a racing guru. He’s lectured at Hong Kong universities, consulted with internationally known mathematicians, and branched out into other technological endeavors (one is ACUSIS, a digitized transcribing system for doctors). He’s also served as president of a Hong Kong Rotary Club and made substantial donations to respected charities.”

Here is a list of Benter’s other political donations, made from within the US, many as owner of ACUSIS.

http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/william-benter.asp?cycle=08

Benter, William
PITTSBURGH, PA
15201 Self-Employed $12,300 11/27/2008 FRANKEN RECOUNT FUND - Democrat Farm Labor

Benter, William
PITTSBURGH, PA
15205 ACUSIS LLC-Medical Transcription Te $10,000 10/15/2008 P DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF VIRGINIA - Democrat