oatmeal<p>[cont'd] <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> intimidation and extortion / Israeli "The Marker" attempted to publish a similar investigation, but was blocked by Israeli security authorities</p><p>[...] In May 2022, "The Marker" attempted to publish a similar investigation, but it was blocked by Israeli security authorities. The authorities used emergency powers to prevent the publication, claiming that it would harm national security.</p><p>A reminder, the Israeli government has denied the allegations, calling them "baseless and false." However, Israeli sources have confirmed the main findings of the investigation, which raises serious questions about the country's conduct and its attempts to silence critics.</p><p>Netanyhu and his rich friends</p><p>[...] At the center of the investigation, which has been ongoing for several months, was the question of what the former head of the Mossad did during three visits to Congo in 2019, accompanied by billionaire Dan Gertler, who also participated in the questionable operation, according to sources who spoke to TheMarker. Gertler even put his private plane at Cohen's disposal for his trips to the African country. The answer, from several sources, was this: Gertler and Cohen traveled to meet Kabila as part of an operation aimed at recruiting or pressuring the prosecutor in Nusodua due to the court proceedings related to Israel."</p><p>In 2017, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OFAC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OFAC</span></a>) imposed sanctions on Gertler and several of his companies, citing "hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of opaque and corrupt mining and oil deals" in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRC</span></a>. The sanctions froze Gertler's assets in the US and prohibited American citizens from doing business with him.</p><p>The author of the piece, Goor Megido, says that the timing of the publication could not be worse for Israel, coming as it does at a time of heightened international tension and just one week after the ICC's chief prosecutor requested an arrest warrant against Netanyahu and Gallant. It is not unlikely that the prosecutor will add charges of obstruction of justice to the list of allegations against Israel.</p><p>Note: Gertler is currently suing The Marker for libel</p><p>[Heebrew] <a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/tmr/allnews/2024-05-30/ty-article/.highlight/0000018f-c53a-d15a-a1cf-c57f7d880000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.co.il/tmr/allnews/2024</span><span class="invisible">-05-30/ty-article/.highlight/0000018f-c53a-d15a-a1cf-c57f7d880000</span></a> or <a href="https://archive.ph/MzKJk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/MzKJk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PressFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IsraelWarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsraelWarCrimes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICC</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICJ</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Netanyhu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyhu</span></a></p>