2/25/2007

Those of you who still has a soft spot for former President Bill Clinton may need to know about his  involvement in raising more than $100 million for Israel Bonds in a single sitting.
The Washington Post on Friday, (2/23/2007) reviewed Clinton’s post-presidential career as a public speaker. Most of Clinton’s speaking income goes to his foundation, which fights poverty and AIDS, and he speaks pro-bono for causes he favors, but Clinton has earned nearly $40 million in six years from speeches for which he charges $150,000 apiece. “The former president in 2005 helped the U.S. arm of Israel’s treasury authority sell $101 million in investment bonds by speaking at a luncheon at the Pierre Hotel in New York that was jammed with real estate executives who wanted to hear his keynote address,” the Post reported. Israel Bonds is heavily involved in the purchase , illegal or otherwise of Arab lands, reclaiming "so-called no-man's land and turning them into settlements for Jewish settlers in the West Bank or towns inside Israel.

Proceeds from Israel Bonds go directly into the State of Israel Treasury, earmarked for infrastructure development. This development includes expansion of the illegal settlements, construction of roads that connect those settlements and extraction of natural resources, most importantly water, from the West Bank. For more info CLICK HERE.

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