Premishlan chossid, 56-year-old Eli Cohen is going to be extradited by Israel to the United States where he will face charges of illegal weapons dealings with Iran. The case has been ongoing for years and it is now reported that while he presents himself as an antiques dealer; a probe by US federal agencies reveals a different reality, alleging that is a cover-up and he is a weapons dealer with other nations including Iran.
According to the indictment filed against him in the United States, Cohen has been working via intermediary agents, furnishing spare parts for missiles, armored personnel carriers, and three types of fighter jets without authorization. These illegal acts were allegedly carried out while he was in Israel. In addition, there are two dealings involving military parts for fighter jets from Israel to Iran via Greece.
Cohen maintains he has necessary permits from the Defense Ministry to deal in used parts with foreign nations, and he cannot be held responsible for the parts making their way to Iran for he did not sell to Iran.
On Sunday 24 Menachem Av, the High Court of Justice brought an end to the saga, ruling he will be extradited to the United States in compliance with the US request.
Cohen was arrested in 2014 after Israel received a US request explaining an indictment is being prepared against him for arms dealings with Iran. He allegedly sold Iran spare phantom jet parts.
The US claims his illegal dealings date back as far as 2000, when he was already dealing in warfare. His dealings were traced from 2000 to 2004 and then again 2012-2013. The American explain he never received authorization for these dealings.
Cohen, a resident of Kiryat Herzog in Bnei Brak, insists he never sold anything to Iran and has the required permits for his dealings with other nations.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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WHEN OBAMA & HILLARY GIVE IRAN $400.000.000 IN COLD CASH
WHEN OBAMA & HILLARY RELEASE $146.000.000.000
THEY ARE GOING TO BUY WEAPONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT Hypocrisy.
Is he being prosecuted because he’s a Premishlan chossid? How about if he would have been a Bluzhever chosid? Usually the most important points of a news article are highlighted at the beginning of the news item.
I wonder if he wouldn’t be a frum person, would he be extradited?
@bigjosh – usually the individual’s identity is listed after his name at the beginning of the article concerning him. Being affiliated with a specific Chassidus is an identity.
are you guys all crazy???? heres a guy that is being accused of selling weapons to iran! modern day hitler! whether hes innocent or guilty remains to be seen. but the fact that his spare parts got into iranian hands is bad enough. and all you guys are playing the race card. unbelievable.
Chusid or not. A Jew for sure. If this article is true, I’m really so hurt by the Chillel Hashem this will cause. There’s no Mitzvah for Jews to impress the non-Jewish ppl. There’s a big sin for Jewish people to make them hate us even more especially by supporting evil!
Let’s hope it’s not true
maybe an undercover neturei karta
Btw, u guys aren’t allowed to believe this. Lashon hara is when it is true. Motzi shem ra is when it is false. Both of them r wrong.
Ironically his name is Eli Cohen. He should have taken what the other Eli Cohen did for Israel to heart.
There is a lie in the article. If he is frum by halacha one is forbidden to provide any non jew with any kind of weapons. So he did it and he is not frum or he did not do it and he is frum. Of course there is also the possibility he isn’t and he didn’t.
Its all a bunch of lashon hara. I dont believe a word! !!!!
Lashon hara lamed hei spell it backwards go that way