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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
13-12-18 US-GERMANY: ‘Like the Stasi’: Merkel likened NSA to infamous German security service
In a strange role-reversal, Germany emerges in the early 21st century as the center of the "Free World", while the US takes over the position of the former Soviet Union...
Stanley Fischer for No 2 at the Fed? Again rewarded for work on behalf of US agencies abroad?
Already in 2001 none other than Nobel prize laureate Prof Joseph Stiglitz raised the concern that Fischer was rewarded for working on behalf of US agencies in Argentina as a senior IMF official. The evidence shows that he did the same as Governor of Bank of Israel, prior to his current nomination as No 2 at the Fed...
Stanley Fischer with his newly acquired Israeli ID in 2005
Occupy Tel Aviv, December 18 - following the news that Stanley Fischer is up for appointment as No 2 at the Federal Reserve, request was filed with Nobel prize laureate Prof Joseph Stiglitz to comment on Fischer's conduct as Governor of Bank of Israel.
In Israel, which Stanley Fischer left hastily before the end of his term, Fischer left a real-estate bubble and a black hole of NIS 39 billion (an enormous sum for the local economy). The evidence also shows his legacy in Israel involved placing banks above the law, subservient to the US surveillance apparatus.
Already in 2001 none other than Nobel prize laureate Prof Joseph Stiglitz raised the concern that Fischer was rewarded for working on behalf of US agencies in Argentina as a senior IMF official.
Prof. Stiglitz response: "he is so overextended that he is having to turn down even the smallest and most interesting additional commitments." (copied below).
LINKS:
[1] 13-11-30 Stanley Fischer's legacy in Israel - placing banks above the law, subservient to the US surveillance apparatus
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stanley-Fischer-s-legacy-i-by-Joseph-Zernik-Above-The-Law_Banks_Banks-Bullying-Customers_Banksters-131130-448.html
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Stiglitz Press <[url=mailto:stiglitzpress@gmail.com]stiglitzpress@gmail.com[/url]> wrote:
Dear Dr. Zernik,
Thank you very much for your message and sorry for replying on behalf of Professor Stiglitz. Unfortunately, Professor Stiglitz is in the midst of extended international travel right now with limited access to phone and email, and he is so overextended that he is having to turn down even the smallest and most interesting additional commitments. Thus, he will be unable to schedule an interview or respond to your questions at the moment. Apologies, and many thanks again for your interest. Please feel free to check in another time.
Best regards,
Eamon Kircher-Allen
Publications Manager
Office of Joseph E. Stiglitz
Columbia University
____From: JZ [mailto:[url=mailto:123456xyz@gmail.com]123456xyz@gmail.com[/url]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:38 AM
To: Stiglitz, Joseph
Subject: Seeking your opinion on Stanley Fischer's conduct in Israel. Is Stanley Fischer again rewarded for conduct on behalf of US agencies abroad?
Dear Prof Stiglitz:
The reference to Stanley Fischer's conduct in Argentina from your 2001 book on globalization was cited in a recent piece by me, which was published by OpEdNews.com, [1]
The piece documents again, through a Freedom of Information request by an anti-FATCA lobby in Washington DC on Karnit Flug, Fischer's successor as Governor of Bank of Israel, conditions left by Fischer in Israel: Israeli banks purport to enforce FATCA, but Bank of Israel refuses to disclose what the law in Israel is in this matter...
Your input regarding Stanley Fischer's performance in Israel is sought for a short follow up piece, now that Bloomberg reports that Fischer is up for Number 2 at the Fed, and is likely to overshadow Yellen... The tentative title is: Is Stanley Fischer again rewarded for conduct on behalf of US agencies abroad?
I would be grateful for any comment by you regarding Fischer's performance in Israel, short as it may be.
In January 2013, Stanley Fischer permitted the seizing of all my deposits in the Israeli Bank HaPoalim in Israel (where I reside after escaping from the United States in 2010), purportedly on behalf of the United States. The actions were reversed only after I sought protection by the Consul of the German Federal Republic.
My short CV is also linked below.[2]
Truly,
jz
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Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
Occupy Tel Aviv
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* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was incorporated into the 2010 Periodic Review Report regarding Human Rights in the United States, with the note: "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California".
* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was incorporated into the 2013 Periodic Review Report regarding Human Rights in Israel, with the note: "lack of integrity of the electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel."
LINKS:
[1] 13-11-30 Stanley Fischer's legacy in Israel - placing banks above the law, subservient to the US surveillance apparatus
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stanley-Fischer-s-legacy-i-by-Joseph-Zernik-Above-The-Law_Banks_Banks-Bullying-Customers_Banksters-131130-448.html
[2] 13-08-06 Biographical Sketch – Joseph Zernik, PhD
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46421113/
Stanley Fischer with his newly acquired Israeli ID in 2005
Occupy Tel Aviv, December 18 - following the news that Stanley Fischer is up for appointment as No 2 at the Federal Reserve, request was filed with Nobel prize laureate Prof Joseph Stiglitz to comment on Fischer's conduct as Governor of Bank of Israel.
In Israel, which Stanley Fischer left hastily before the end of his term, Fischer left a real-estate bubble and a black hole of NIS 39 billion (an enormous sum for the local economy). The evidence also shows his legacy in Israel involved placing banks above the law, subservient to the US surveillance apparatus.
Already in 2001 none other than Nobel prize laureate Prof Joseph Stiglitz raised the concern that Fischer was rewarded for working on behalf of US agencies in Argentina as a senior IMF official.
Prof. Stiglitz response: "he is so overextended that he is having to turn down even the smallest and most interesting additional commitments." (copied below).
LINKS:
[1] 13-11-30 Stanley Fischer's legacy in Israel - placing banks above the law, subservient to the US surveillance apparatus
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stanley-Fischer-s-legacy-i-by-Joseph-Zernik-Above-The-Law_Banks_Banks-Bullying-Customers_Banksters-131130-448.html
____
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Stiglitz Press <[url=mailto:stiglitzpress@gmail.com]stiglitzpress@gmail.com[/url]> wrote:
Dear Dr. Zernik,
Thank you very much for your message and sorry for replying on behalf of Professor Stiglitz. Unfortunately, Professor Stiglitz is in the midst of extended international travel right now with limited access to phone and email, and he is so overextended that he is having to turn down even the smallest and most interesting additional commitments. Thus, he will be unable to schedule an interview or respond to your questions at the moment. Apologies, and many thanks again for your interest. Please feel free to check in another time.
Best regards,
Eamon Kircher-Allen
Publications Manager
Office of Joseph E. Stiglitz
Columbia University
____From: JZ [mailto:[url=mailto:123456xyz@gmail.com]123456xyz@gmail.com[/url]]
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:38 AM
To: Stiglitz, Joseph
Subject: Seeking your opinion on Stanley Fischer's conduct in Israel. Is Stanley Fischer again rewarded for conduct on behalf of US agencies abroad?
Dear Prof Stiglitz:
The reference to Stanley Fischer's conduct in Argentina from your 2001 book on globalization was cited in a recent piece by me, which was published by OpEdNews.com, [1]
The piece documents again, through a Freedom of Information request by an anti-FATCA lobby in Washington DC on Karnit Flug, Fischer's successor as Governor of Bank of Israel, conditions left by Fischer in Israel: Israeli banks purport to enforce FATCA, but Bank of Israel refuses to disclose what the law in Israel is in this matter...
Your input regarding Stanley Fischer's performance in Israel is sought for a short follow up piece, now that Bloomberg reports that Fischer is up for Number 2 at the Fed, and is likely to overshadow Yellen... The tentative title is: Is Stanley Fischer again rewarded for conduct on behalf of US agencies abroad?
I would be grateful for any comment by you regarding Fischer's performance in Israel, short as it may be.
In January 2013, Stanley Fischer permitted the seizing of all my deposits in the Israeli Bank HaPoalim in Israel (where I reside after escaping from the United States in 2010), purportedly on behalf of the United States. The actions were reversed only after I sought protection by the Consul of the German Federal Republic.
My short CV is also linked below.[2]
Truly,
jz
____
Joseph Zernik, PhD
Human Rights Alert (NGO)
Occupy Tel Aviv
____
* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was incorporated into the 2010 Periodic Review Report regarding Human Rights in the United States, with the note: "corruption of the courts and the legal profession and discrimination by law enforcement in California".
* The Human Rights Alert (NGO) submission to the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was incorporated into the 2013 Periodic Review Report regarding Human Rights in Israel, with the note: "lack of integrity of the electronic records of the Supreme Court, the district courts and the detainees courts in Israel."
LINKS:
[1] 13-11-30 Stanley Fischer's legacy in Israel - placing banks above the law, subservient to the US surveillance apparatus
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Stanley-Fischer-s-legacy-i-by-Joseph-Zernik-Above-The-Law_Banks_Banks-Bullying-Customers_Banksters-131130-448.html
[2] 13-08-06 Biographical Sketch – Joseph Zernik, PhD
http://www.scribd.com/doc/46421113/
13-12-18 China, US, Israel - Bank of China case - beginning of the end of US hegemony in Israel and beyond?
UPDATE: 13-12-18 Chinese triangulation successful, causing Israel-US rift again
Regardless of Israel's awkward position in this case, the US initiative to claim jurisdiction over actions of Bank of China in China is so 1990s... The US is trying to assert hegemony on world banking, while its own banking regulation is notoriously corrupt, inflicting worldwide economic depression, and while China is promoting de-Americanization of the world economy.
1) Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
3) J-Post
2) YNet News
US court urged to reject Israeli attempt to silence witness
After Israel back tracks from support of anti-terror funding case against Chinese bank citing security concerns, parents of US teenager killed in suicide bombing file motion claiming Netanyahu buckling to pressure from China despite past support, revealing Israel has secret anti-terror funding Mossad unit
Nahum Barnea
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3) J-Post
'Netanyahu broke personal promise to let gov't agent testify against Bank of China'
LAST UPDATED: 12/17/2013 17:45
Official in PM's office promised terror victim's family that Netanyahu would let gov't agent testify, family's lawyers tell court.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gives a speech during a gala dinner in Shanghai , May 6 Photo: REUTERS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promised a terror victim’s family, through a telephone call from a member of his office, that he would allow former government agent Uzi Shaya to testify against the Bank of China in a major US terror financing case, according to a response filed by the family’s lawyers on Tuesday.
The response, obtained by The Jerusalem Post and filed in a US federal court for the District of Columbia, said Jordana Cutler of the Prime Minister’s Office made the call on April 1, 2012 to the parents of terror victim Daniel Wultz.
Then, on May 14, 2012, then-Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren called US Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Florida) to confirm Shaya would testify, the lawyers said.
This all occurred after Ros-Lehtinen had personally delivered a letter to Netanyahu from the Wultz family in March 2012, according to the response.
4) Time
Netanyahu Accused of Favoring China Over Plaintiffs in U.S. Terrorism Case
Israeli government says a former official can't testify for reasons of national security
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu built his political career as a tireless battler of terrorism. His first foray into public life was creating the Jonathan Netanyahu Anti-Terror Institute, named for the older brother killed in the 1976 commando raid that freed 100 Israeli hostages in Uganda. Of the five books Netanyahu has written without co-authors, three have Terrori
In light of Netanyahu’s history, the families who lost children in a suicide bombing and a terrorist-shooting rampage say they were surprised at Netanyahu’s government blocking crucial testimony in a U.S. court case aimed at punishing a Chinese bank alleged to have knowingly funneled the funds that paid for the attacks. The situation is all the more upsetting, they say, because they brought the lawsuits at the suggestion of the Israeli government in the first place.
“I’m just hurt and surprised by the sudden turnaround,” says Naftali Moses, whose 16-year-old son was killed in a mass shooting at a Jerusalem yeshiva carried out by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in March 2008. “On the surface it seems that there’s some kind of deal that has been cut with China to stifle this court case in exchange for some kind of quid pro quo.”
13-12-18 DENMARK: Pirate Bay Gottfrid Svartholm Warg in held in solitary confinement on opaque charges
And Russia Today gleefully explains: Denmark does so to please the United States... jz
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