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"... On July 27, Bloomberg reported that Renco Group Inc. founder Ira Rennert and bingo entrepreneur Irving Moskowitz were among U.S. donors “who have given $25.4 million in five years to build Jewish homes in Arab parts of Jerusalem -- the same areas that President Barack Obama is pressing Israel to stop such construction.” In 1985, Irving Moskowitz had purchased The Shepherd Hotel where Israel was now planning construction despite protests from the US.Moskowitz is the owner of a bingo parlor in a southern California low-income residential complex, the profits from which are funneled to settlements in East Jerusalem and Hebron. Moskowitz and Rennert also contributed to the tunnel complex that runs underneath the Al-Aqsa mosque. In 1996, after Prime Minister Netanyahu opened the restored tunnel, riots broke out which left about 70 Palestinians and 12 Israelis dead.......In addition to funding settlements, an unknown number of North Americans have also settled in the West Bank and Jerusalem since Israel occupied the territories in 1967 and retain dual citizenship. Middle East historian Juan Cole wrote on his blog that an estimated one third of West Bank settlers (approximately 100,000) are “Americans.” MENASSAT could not confirm this number, but was told by a leading Israeli NGO that monitors settlements that the information is “sensitive” and the Israeli government would never release it if requested. The NGO also confirmed that a number of settlers were “new immigrants” to Israel.
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