CIA declassified : Israel

"Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Israel has become a
significant operating area for Russian criminals, who take
advantage of Israel's large Russian immigrant community of more
than 600,000...."

"Prior to Israel's passing a law making money laundering a crime
in August 2000, strict bank secrecy laws and absence of currency
import controls and bank reporting requirements made Israel
a major haven for money laundering...."

"...$5 billion of Israel's $17 billion in foreign exchange
reserve may be attributed to money belonging to Russian organized
crime."

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INTERNATIONAL CRIME THREAT ASSESSMENT





...Paris publicly announced a decision made on 2 june -- before the opening of Middle East hostilities -- to place a total embargo on arms to all countries involved in the conflict. This particularly affected Israel....Powerful banking and business circles, such as the House of Rothschild and Marcel Dassault, have put pressure on French officials, and particulary on Premier Pompidou (former Director General of the House of Rothschild), to lift the embargo.
FRANCE AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI





ISRAELI NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM


THE FRENCH-ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP



THE OUTLOOK FOR ISRAEL

SOUTH AFRICA - ISRAELI: STATUS OF RELATIONS



ISRAELI AID IN AFRICA