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Black Cube Crosses Another Line

July 10, 2018 by Mitchell Plitnick

Netanyahu and Orban, brothers in anti-Semitism

The private Israeli intelligence firm, Black Cube, is back in the headlines. This time, ex-employees have spilled the beans on a program to throw shade on non-governmental organizations in Hungary to help ensure the electoral victory of nationalist president Viktor Orban.

Black Cube has been hit with several controversies in recent months. Back in November 2017, it was revealed that disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein engaged Black Cube to dig up dirt on his accusers and potential accusers. In an embarrassing turn for Israel, it turned out that former Israeli Prime Minister and Defense Minister Ehud Barak had introduced Weinstein to Black Cube’s leadership.

In May, journalist Ronan Farrow reported that Black Cube had been hired to dig up dirt on two officials—Ben Rhodes and Colin Kahl—in Barack Obama’s administration who were deeply involved in negotiating the nuclear deal with Iran. Agents of the firm used phony identities to contact the officials’ spouses to try to find information they could, presumably, use to discredit Rhodes and Kahl and thereby cast a shadow on the entire effort with Iran. Read more at LobeLog

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Posted in Anti-Semitism, Europe | Tagged Anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Ben Rhodes, Benjamin Netanyahu, Black Cube, Colin Kahl, George Soros, Harvey Weinstein, Hungary, Nationalism, Ronan Farrow, Viktor Orban | 1 Comment

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  1. on July 11, 2018 at 12:24 am A.S.

    My comment is awating moderation. Thanks for the article brother shockingly abhorrent but then again with Bibi and Company is it ever really shocking

    On Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 7:32 AM Rethinking Foreign Policy wrote:

    > Mitchell Plitnick posted: ” The private Israeli intelligence firm, Black > Cube, is back in the headlines. This time, ex-employees have spilled the > beans on a program to throw shade on non-governmental organizations in > Hungary to help ensure the electoral victory of nationalist pr” >



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