#National Bank of Egypt

[tomorrowusa]

Donald Trump may have gotten an illegal campaign contribution from an Egyptian dictator. Trump's attorney general derailed an investigation into this illicit cash transfer.

And it really was CASH. The Washington Post reports on this bizarre scene at an Egyptian bank.

Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a bank branch in Cairo received an unusual letter from an organization linked to the Egyptian intelligence service. It asked the bank to “kindly withdraw” nearly $10 million from the organization’s account — all in cash. Inside the state-run National Bank of Egypt, employees were soon busy placing bundles of $100 bills into two large bags, according to records from the bank. Four men arrived and carried away the bags, which U.S. officials later described in sealed court filings as weighing a combined 200 pounds and containing what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of U.S. currency.

Now we know that $10 million in US cash weighs 200 lbs./90.7 kg.

Trump loves dictators because they can give him money from national banks without a free press or pesky opposition squawking about it.

Trump is corrupt to the core. And when a president is getting emoluments from other countries then US foreign policy is being influenced in a way which Americans are in the dark about.

The attorney general who derailed the investigation is the creepy Trump apologist Bill Barr. He is the poster boy for why there should be more independence for investigators looking into wrongdoing at the highest levels of government – including Supreme Court justices.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Martin Pengelly at The Guardian (08.02.2024):

A spokesperson for Donald Trump blamed “Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors” for a bombshell report on Friday about a secret criminal investigation into whether Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, the authoritarian ruler of Egypt, sought to give the former president $10m during his victorious 2016 White House run.

“The investigation referenced found no wrongdoing and was closed,” Steven Cheung told the Washington Post, which published the report on Friday. “None of the allegations or insinuations being reported on have any basis in fact. The Washington Post is consistently played for suckers by Deep State Trump-haters and bad faith actors peddling hoaxes and shams.” The deep state conspiracy theory holds that a permanent, shadow government of agents, operatives and bureaucrats exists to thwart Trump. One of the theory’s chief propagators, Steve Bannon, has said it is “for nut cases”. Nonetheless, it remains popular on the US right and among Trump’s aides. Bannon was Trump’s campaign chair in 2016. According to the Post, five days before Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, an organisation linked to Egyptian intelligence services withdrew $10m from a Cairo bank.

“Inside the state-run National Bank of Egypt,” the Post said, “employees were soon busy placing bundles of $100 bills into two large bags.” Four men “carried away the bags, which US officials later described in sealed court filings as weighing a combined 200 pounds and containing what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of US currency”. According to the Post, US federal investigators learned of the withdrawal in 2019, by which time they had spent two years investigating CIA intelligence that indicated Sisi sought to give Trump $10m. Such a contribution would potentially have violated federal law regarding foreign donations.

A Washington Post report from August 2nd reveals that Egyptian’s autocratic leader Abdel Fatah al-Sisi sought to give Donald Trump $10M during his 2016 run for the Presidency that he was successful.

See Also:

MMFA: Broadcast news and major papers failed to cover WaPo report of possible Egyptian bribery involving Trump

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[palestinegenocide]

GLOBAL STRIKE ON APRIL 15

"The terrorist Israeli occupation, after half a year, is still insisting on entering Rafah, which is the last city that still contains most of the population of the Gaza Strip.

80% of the Gaza Strip is destroyed and suffers from continuous military invasions, the movement of the Israeli army, besieging hospitals, commit massacres, destroy and blow up residential neighborhoods. And besieging the population and starving them.

The terrorist occupation is committing these crimes in front of the world, and is trying to have more time to destroy the hopes of the displaced to return and kill them with hunger and disease, and make the world get used to what is happening in Gaza and reduce media coverage and solidarity with Palestine, in addition to causing more destruction and strengthening the presence of the Israeli terrorists in Gaza in preparation for stealing the land.

Be smarter than them, and do not leave us to be killed and forgotten. *April 15 is a day of global strike*.. No schools, no movement, no work, no electronic payment, no gas stations. Make more noise and disturb the peace of terrorist politicians in America and IsraHell.

In the picture, me after half a year of documenting the genocide and surviving it daily without being sure of surviving the next day, and I will not stop until this genocide ends and I sit in the middle of my city feeling safe while I help my people rebuild Gaza."

Here's what to do:

Don't go to school or work (if you can)

Protest (if you can)

Do not shop anywhere

Do not use your credit card or use any money

Wear green, red, white and black clothes to show solidarity. Wear a badge, a keffiyeh, or anything that signifies your solidarity

Boost posts about Palestine, flood the media

Boycott!

[soumyapanda28]

The Most excellent Banks in Egypt: Shielding Money related Interface with Fabulousness

Egypt, a country with a dynamic economy and a quickly developing managing an account segment, offers a plenty of choices for people and businesses looking for solid monetary administrations. This article points to highlight a few of the leading banks in Egypt, recognized for their extraordinary client benefit, inventive items, and strong security measures. Whether you’re a inhabitant, exile, or an universal speculator, these banks stand out for their commitment to giving dependable and productive keeping money arrangements.

National Bank of Egypt (NBE) As Egypt’s most seasoned and biggest bank, the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) appreciates a recognized notoriety. With a endless arrange of branches, ATMs, and advanced stages, NBE caters to both retail and corporate clients. NBE is eminent for its comprehensive run of administrations, counting retail keeping money, corporate keeping money, exchange back, speculation managing an account, and treasury administrations. With a customer-centric approach and cutting-edge innovation, NBE guarantees comfort and security whereas advertising imaginative items and custom-made arrangements to meet differing client needs.

Commercial International Bank (CIB) Commercial International Bank (CIB) has earned its put among Egypt’s beat managing an account teach. Recognized for its strong money related execution, CIB gives a wide run of administrations to retail, corporate, and regulation clients. CIB stands out for its customer-centric approach, advertising personalized managing an account encounters and imaginative computerized arrangements. With a solid center on innovation, CIB guarantees consistent online and versatile keeping money encounters, making it simpler for clients to get to their accounts and perform exchanges. CIB’s commitment to brilliance has earned various awards, counting acknowledgment as “Best Bank in Egypt” by eminent worldwide monetary distributions.

Banque Misr Banque Misr, established in 1920, holds a unmistakable position inside Egypt’s managing an account division. Known for its broad encounter and convention of unwavering quality, Banque Misr gives a comprehensive run of managing an account administrations to people, organizations, and government substances. The bank’s administrations span retail keeping money, corporate keeping money, exchange back, speculation keeping money, and treasury administrations. Banque Misr prides itself on its personalized approach, guaranteeing custom-made budgetary arrangements to meet customers’ particular prerequisites. With a endless arrange of branches and a center on computerized development, Banque Misr offers comfort and openness to its clientele.

Arab African International Bank (AAIB) Arab African International Bank (AAIB) has built up itself as a driving institution in Egypt’s managing an account scene. With a solid accentuation on client fulfillment, AAIB offers a different extend of items and administrations, counting retail and corporate keeping money, speculation keeping money, exchange back, and treasury administrations. AAIB prioritizes digitalization, giving clients with user-friendly online and versatile managing an account stages. Besides, the bank’s commitment to corporate social obligation and feasible hones has earned it acknowledgment as a mindful and moral money related institution.

Banque du Caire Banque du Caire, with a wealthy history crossing over six decades, is famous for its broad keeping money mastery. The bank caters to retail, corporate, andSME clients, offering a wide cluster of money related items and administrations. Banque du Caire places incredible accentuation on client fulfillment, endeavoring to meet clients’ money related needs viably and effectively. The bank’s commitment to development is clear through its advanced offerings, counting online managing an account and mobile applications, empowering clients to helpfully get to keeping money administrations.

Conclusion Egypt’s keeping money segment gloats a few exceptional institutions that exceed expectations in serving the money related needs of people and businesses. The National Bank of Egypt, Commercial Worldwide Bank, Banque Misr, Middle easterner African Worldwide Bank, and Banque du Caire stand out for their commitment to giving dependable, customer-centric managing an account arrangements. These banks combine convention with development, guaranteeing comfort, security, and custom-made administrations. With their broad systems and advanced stages, they proceed to shape Egypt’s budgetary scene with greatness and astuteness.

[kaapstadgirly]

"How heartbreaking is it that we are now seeing videos of humans in Gaza celebrating an uncertain ceasefire. Just the pure fact that there is a POSSIBILITY that they don't have to be chased by bombs anymore has made them hopeful."

wearthepeace

[totallynotcensorship]

tags update: US politics is 5th on trending. with egypt, lebanon, rafah, human rights, middle east, colonialism, us elections, and united nations all trending

use them as much as you can

DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT PALESTINE

[i-am-aprl]

Resolution 377 allows the UN body to take action whenever there was an indication that the UN Security Council may have failed to "exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security".

The resolution was first adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1950.

Of the 13 times that UN Article 377, has been invoked since 1955, 5 have been related to Israeli aggression, occupation, invasion.

1956 - Gaza & Egypt invasion

1967 Jerusalem

1980 Palestine

1982 Golan Heights

1997 Palestine

The 193-member United Nations General Assembly has announced that it will hold a special session on Gaza to take place on Tuesday December 12, a press statement issued by the UN General Assembly President confirmed on Sunday.

"President of the UN General Assembly, Dennis Francis, has just informed Member States that he will convene the 45th plenary meeting of the tenth Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, 12 December 2023," the press service of the General Assembly's President Dennis Francis said.

Egypt and Mauritania had formally requested a meeting by invoking the UN General Assembly Resolution 377 "Uniting for Peace" in a letter to President Francis.

The letter emphasised the need to reconvene following "a Permanent Member of the Security Council" vetoing a Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution- in reference to the controversial US vote.

[agentfascinateur]

ICJ to hold hearings on Rafah ground invasion this week, May 16-7

Not a moment too soon. Go South Africa, go Egypt! Go students!

[omegaversereloaded]

Coca-Cola is now on the official BDS boycott list!

From the website:

November 2024

1) Why?

Because Coca-Cola is implicated in Israeli war crimes.

According to research by WhoProfits, the Central Beverage Company, known as Coca-Cola Israel, which is the exclusive franchisee of the Coca-Cola Company in Israel, “operates a regional distribution center and cooling houses in the [Israeli] Atarot Settlement Industrial Zone.” Furthermore, its subsidiary, Tabor Winery, “produces wines from grapes sourced from vineyards located on occupied land in settlements in the West Bank and Syrian Golan.” 

The International Court of Justice affirmed in July 2024 that Israel’s entire occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is illegal, as are all Israeli settlements built on occupied land. As Israeli settlements – on occupied Palestinian and Syrian land – are considered war crimes under international law, Coke is complicit in a war crime. 

Corporations that are implicated in the commission of international crimes connected to Israel’s unlawful occupation, racial segregation and apartheid regime - within or beyond the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 - are all complicit and must be held accountable. Direct complicity includes military, logistical, intelligence, financial and infrastructure support. The corporations, as well as their boards of directors and executives, may face criminal liability for this complicity.

Local alternatives are popping up worldwide to substitute Coca-Cola, an unnecessary and replaceable beverage

Local alternatives to Coca-Cola have been gaining market share across the world, including in Palestine, China, Bangladesh, Sweden, Egypt, India, South Africa, Turkey, Lebanon and elsewhere.

2) Why NOW?

The BDS movement has always considered Coca-Cola boycottable but has not prioritized it as a target based on its careful and strategic target-selection criteria, so why endorse the Coke boycott now? 

Human rights and health activists, among many others, have been campaigning against Coca-Cola and similarly complicit corporations for decades, including grassroots drives targeting the company for its complicity in Israel’s gross violations of Palestinian human rights. 

During Israel’s ongoing, livestreamed genocide, Israeli soldiers have often been pictured with Coke cans, donated to them by various genocide-enabling groups. This has provoked even more anger against the company, particularly given that Israel is starving 2.3 million Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, severely limiting their access to clean water and, as a result, inducing the mass spread of contagious diseases. 

Given this context, Palestinian activists in Gaza and many BDS activists in the Arab world, in many Muslim-majority countries, and in some European countries as well, have called on the BDS movement to add Coke to its priority targets.

The BDS movement had previously targeted General Mills for its manufacturing of Pillsbury products in the illegal Atarot Settlement Industrial Zone - the same Zone where the Coke facility operates. Thanks to effective BDS campaigning, we won the demand for General Mills to end its business in Atarot. We know a campaign against Coke is winnable too. 

Based on all the above, and given Coke’s large contribution (through business-as-usual and taxes) to Israel’s war chest during the genocide, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian coalition leading the global BDS movement, has endorsed the grassroots, organic #BoycottCoke campaigns to pressure the company to end its complicity in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide. 

UPDATED VERSION!!!!

[postcard-from-the-past]

National Bank in Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian vintage postcard

[revmarques]

Whose Land of Israel is it?

A new post from Rabbi Marques

Israel (The State of Israel) is a country in Asia , in the Middle East region, on the south eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered to the north by Lebanon, to the northeast by Syria, to the east by Jordan, the West Bank (Palestine) and the Dead Sea, to the west by the Gaza Strip, to the southwest by the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and to the south by the Gulf. of Aqaba, on the Red…

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[palestinegenocide]

Israeli army opens fire on thousands attempting to return home to north Gaza

After letting a limited number of women, children, and elderly back into northern Gaza, the Israeli army opened fire on thousands of refugees who attempted to do the same.

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[gothhabiba]

do you know where are the the best places or mosteffective to donate to help palestinians atm? like charities ect

In terms of direct aid it is better to give money directly to families in Ghazza than to a charity. Charities, governmental and nongovernmental organisations &c., are seldom able to use funds to distribute aid right now, as few trucks are getting through, and none to the north of Ghazza.

ETA on Charities in Ghazza:

Taawon Association (in partnership with the Bank of Palestine) are distributing hot meals in Ghazza.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is getting food parcels into Ghazza, though I can't find them sharing a more specific location anywhere. Donate here.

The Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) is providing medicine, food, and water. Their website specifically mentions food relief in north, central, and south Ghazza, and water delivered to north and south Ghazza.

Direct aid to Ghazza:

Money given directly to families in Ghazza is used to help them cross the Rafah crossing into Egypt, and/or to purchase plane tickets and apply for visas so they have somewhere to go after arriving in Egypt.

Help Christians in Ghazza get visas to leave

Help Hala Abu Ramadan's family of six leave Ghazza (organized by Mohammed Samhouri, vouched for by @psychoticgerard)

Help Dr. Intimaa AbuHelou's family of 22 leave Ghazza (organized by professer Steve Tamari)

Help Shayma and her family of 16 leave Ghazza (organised by Fardowsa. You may remember a link to a paypal going around to help Shayma; however, paypal has frozen those funds)

Help Shaymaa's family of 13 leave Ghazza (organised by Shaymaa herself, who is in Canada)

Help Sanaa and her family of 5 leave Ghazza and establish themselves in Belgium (organised by Eyad M, vouched for by Motaz Azaiza)

Help sisters Duaa and Deena leave Ghazza and get medical treatment in Cairo (organised by Shereen Alhayek, @.littlestpersimmon's friend's acquaintance)

Help Ahmed (@90-ghost) and his family leave Ghazza via ko-fi, paypal, or gofundme (@unionfish is offering stickers and prints in exchange for donations)

Help a family of Ghazzan refugees in Egypt get medical care and relocate

Buy an e-sim for use in Ghazza

Interruption of arms sent to Israel:

Palestine Action targets arms manufacturers in the US and UK

Palestine Legal offers legal defense for those who get arrested &c. in the course of protest or sabotage on behalf of Palestine

If you have some barrier to donating or to buying e-sims yourself (someone looking through your transactions, no room on your phone for new apps, don't want to mess up the instructions, don't have time to keep up with what's being called for at the moment, literally whatever), I can buy e-sims and move funds on your behalf. My venmo is @gothhabiba; paypal paypal.me/Najia; squarecash $NajiaK; DM me for Zelle information. Feel free to leave a note about where you want it to go (specifically for e-sims; aid to people in Ghazza; &c.)

BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanctions)

You asked specifically about donations, but if you haven't looked into the boycotts being called for by the Palestinian Campaign for Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) and the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), I urge you to do so.

BDS chapters in your locality may be calling for their own boycotts, so look into that as well. Think creatively about how to minimise purchase of boycotted goods (e.g., getting your union to refuse to shelve Israeli groceries).

Monday strikes

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has called for weekly strikes on Mondays. Talk to your union or coworkers about strikes or work stoppages on Mondays, if you can. At least avoid making any purchases (goods, recreation, entertainment, food, &c.) on Mondays.

[sayruq]

Biden could end this with just one call. Previous presidents had little issue curbing Israel. Reagan went against Israel several times including forcing them to halt the building of new settlements for a period of time and intervening to prevent Israel from killing 100 journalists in a hotel. George H W Bush delayed loan guarantees until Israel stopped building settlements in the West Bank and Gaza.

Biden, on the other hand, cosigned everything Israel did in 2021 and especially this year. In fact, any talk of humanitarian pauses and asking the other nations not to join in the fighting (his administration has been threatening Iran and Hezbollah, and presumably nations like Egypt) is merely meant to buy time for America to get its soldiers and weaponry in place for a regional war.