José Luis Méndez Méndez on December 21, 2023
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is not hiding to renew his vows in favor of the aggressor Israel, while criticizing the lacquered Donald J. Trump in his bid to obtain the nomination of his Republican Party for next year’s elections. Others in Florida, benefit from the Palestinian genocide, by increasing investment in Israel bonds after the onset of the holocaust.
A rampant fight has been unleashed in the United States, the sunshine state is not the only one in that country which invests in the bonds; reports revealed that several states diversified their investments with these securities.
Florida’s Chief Financial Officer, Jimmy Patronis, revealed in a press release an increase in the state’s investment in Israel bonds. The increase amounts to an additional $120 million. This announcement brought the southern state’s total Treasury investment in Israeli bonds to $430 million since 2017.
According to official Florida Treasury data, previous investments in Israel bonds have generated about $6.4 million in interest. “Following the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, I pledged to help our allies in Israel, both morally and monetarily,” Patronis stated. He further called the purchase of these securities a “prudent use of state funds,” and emphasized the consistent positive performance they have shown over time.
The CFO added that Florida is proud to support Israel, calling it “the only democratic nation in the Middle East.” This financial gesture comes at a time when security and stability in the region are increasingly threatened.
Florida is not the only U.S. state to have invested in Israeli bonds. According to the U.S. Treasury Department, several states disbursed in Israeli securities as part of their diversified investment portfolios. These are considered safe and generate stable returns, making them a viable option for state treasuries seeking to protect and grow their assets.
However, the decision has not been without controversy. Palestinian rights groups criticized the investment, arguing that it strengthens a foreign policy that, in their view, favors Israel to the detriment of the Palestinians. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to be a topic of global interest, and Florida’s recent financial decision could have broader implications in the international context.
Why the inordinate U.S. eagerness to fish in the thriving river of Palestinian blood. What are Israel bonds? Israeli bonds are financing vehicles issued by the state of Israel, in which the country pledges to return the principal invested along with a pre-agreed interest rate to the bondholder.
According to information provided by the State Department of Financial Services, the entity in charge of the development of these bonds and its partners has managed to raise more than 49 billion dollars globally to support different areas of the Israeli economy. It is one of the reasons that explains the defense of the aggressor, they have invested in that genocide and it is necessary to preserve it, to recover the capital with interest, It is business, nothing personal, the end justifies the means.
The bonds can be purchased online, they are available on the Internet, they are put on sale daily, they are offered for one day and up to 30 years, they grant ascending yields that are not negligible. The first bond was sold in 1951. They are available in fixed terms and floating rates, they are non-negotiable. What determines, is the political preference of the buyer, acquiring them strengthens the aggressor against an already slaughtered people.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog himself is a promoter of the purchase of the Israel Bond, which he describes as crucial to sustain the country. This barter is at risk, so that to support the aggressor is to defend what has been borrowed so that it will return fattened. The rate valid until December 31, 2023, in dollars is 5.85%. If you prefer Palestinian children to continue to be killed, this is an opportunity to make it happen.
Another current motivation incentivizes the Israeli issue, the upcoming elections. The American Jewish community is generally considered to be the largest Jewish community in the world, therefore it is necessary to “tame” it, to channel it along Republican paths. It is difficult to gather statistics on the number of Jews in any country, just as it is difficult to define exactly who is a Jew.
In 2020, the core American Jewish population is estimated at 7.6 million people, representing 2.4% of the total U.S. population. Other studies, such as one issued by the Pew Research Center, offered a lower figure in the same year, concluding that there were then just over 5.8 million Jews. While in February 2023, the figure of 8 million given by the American Jewish Population Project (AJPP) of Brandeis University, Boston rounded out the studies in this regard. The difference in numbers is in who considers themselves “religiously Jewish”.
This includes 4.9 million adults who identify their religion as Jewish, 1.2 million Jewish adults who do not identify with any religion, and 1.6 million Jewish children. It is estimated that as many as 15,000,000 Americans are part of the “expanded” American Jewish population, which represents 4.5% of the total U.S. population, and consists of those who have at least one Jewish grandparent and would be eligible for Israeli citizenship under the Law of Return. That means they are approximately 2% of the U.S. population, and there are more Jews in the United States than in the State of Israel, or any other country in the world.
Jews are not evenly distributed throughout the country, but tend to be concentrated in separate regions, especially in the Northeast, Florida and California, and especially in the big cities. New York is the city, where the elites despise the varnished Trump, with the most Jewish inhabitants in the United States, as it settles around two million Jews. This makes it the place with the second largest concentration of Jews in the world, after Tel Aviv, other cities with many Jews are Miami and Los Angeles.
Within the American Jewish community there are both secular and religious, and all the different branches of the Jewish religion are represented. In the United States, the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism are more popular than the Orthodox stream, unlike in other countries. Most American Jews are Ashkenazic, but there are also many Safardim and Mizrachim.
The first Jews arrived in the United States in 1654, but the first major wave of Jewish immigration was in the mid-19th century and came from Germany. Between 1880 and 1924, nearly two million Jews immigrated to the United States, mainly from Russia and Eastern Europe, and emigrated from persecution and poverty.
They often became workers in factories and workshops. In 1924, the U.S. federal government introduced a law that made immigration from Eastern Europe difficult. During the 1930s and 1940s, many Jews fled to the United States to escape the Nazis. However, some were denied entry due to anti-immigration laws. After World War II, there was steady Jewish immigration, and after the end of the so-called “cold war,” there was steady Jewish immigration from the former Soviet Union.
Jews have contributed to the cultural, political, economic and social life of the United States. Today there are a large number of influential Jews installed in the U.S. executive, legislative and judicial branches.
Now we come to the heart of the debate. Most American Jews tend to vote for the Democratic Party. There is a strong tradition of “leftist” political activity among Jews; in the early 20th century, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe often brought and advocated socialist and even communist ideas to the United States.
On October 30, debates were convened in the United States on the proliferation of backlash against Jews for Israel’s unconscionable punishment of the Palestinian people. In that country in general there has always been less anti-Jewish persecution than in Europe, and the atmosphere has been relatively free of anti-Semitism, at least in comparison with other places. However, in the past, there have often been forms of discrimination against Jews. For example, in some U.S. states, Jews were not allowed to vote until the late 19th century, and many private clubs or universities discriminated against Jews until the mid-20th century. One cause has been the success that Jews have achieved, and the fact that most of them have become part of a prosperous middle class has generated outbreaks of envy against them, especially among other ethnic minorities. But behind the adulation for the Jewish vote are the upcoming elections and the buoyant industry of buying the humiliating and bloody Bonds Israel.
José Luis Méndez Méndez is a writer and university professor. He is the author, among others, of the book “Bajo las alas del Condor”, “La Operación Condor contra Cuba” and “Demócratas en la Casa Blanca y el terrorismo contra Cuba”. He is a contributor to Cubadebate and Resumen Latinoamericano.
Source: Cuba en Resumen