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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Israeli official took bribes for Gaza access

WikiLeaks:  Updated: 2011-01-06 21:33

JERUSALEM - A US diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks quotes American officials as saying a key Israeli cargo crossing for goods entering the Gaza Strip was rife with corruption.

It quotes a Coca-Cola executive as saying he was asked to pay more than $3,000 to get a truckload of merchandise through. The executive claimed an unidentified (Isralei) "high-level official" at the crossing headed the corruption ring.

The alleged corruption occurred a year before Hamas overran Gaza and Israel imposed an economic blockade.

At that time, however, Israeli-Palestinian violence frequently closed the border crossings.

source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011-01/06/content_11805337.htm

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