For some time now, I have been pestering Moshe Kahlon and asking to know who donated to his institute, which he headed at Netanya College.
There were, as you know, rumors that Tshuva was holding him. I suspected something else.
I knew that KKL-JNF had transferred several hundred thousand shekels to Netanya College for some conference, so I already thought that maybe this was a sophisticated way to transfer money to Kahlon, because the CEO of KKL-JNF is a friend of his. But Kahlon denied everything and Netanya College denied it angrily, explaining that it was for another conference on the subject of water, which had already taken place.
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Either way, Kahlon promised to give me the entire list of donors and yesterday he kept his promise.
Yesterday he asked me not to publish it, but to check and publish only what I found problematic. Today he was interviewed by Guy Zohar and was asked about it again. After the interview he called and said he was tired of all the questions, and that I would publish it and that was it.
So here is the list, but without my research on it. It includes Avi Leumi, who was involved in arms trafficking, drones, and was close to many senior and respected figures.
There's a body called the 'Gold Coast Director', which transferred a third of the money. Twice it says 'American Friends Society'.
I asked Kahlon. He said that one is a man named Brad Bloom, who donates to various projects here, and the other is another American businessman, who is also close to Tzipi Livni and is not involved in business in Israel.
For both of them, I may be misrepresenting the names because I intended to go into more in-depth research, but since he said 'publish and that's it,' I think the wisdom of the crowds will be much more effective in trying to figure out if there's anything problematic about it at all.
Kahlon (also) strongly claimed to me that he was as careful as fire about taking donations from various tycoons or anyone who could create the potential for a future conflict of interest.
So, do these donors meet these criteria?
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