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*[[Emaxon Finance Corporation]]
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'''Dan Gertler'''
Gertler and Rabbi [[Chaim Yaakov Leibovitch]] "are two of the principals behind a diamond mining company, [[Emaxon Finance Corporation]], involved in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
"Back in 2000, former Congolese president [[Laurent Kabila]] offered a monopoly on Congolese diamonds, and 88% of the proceeds, to Gertler’s [[International Diamond Industries]] (IDI) in exchange for Israeli military assistance to his new government...
"The original Gertler-Kabila deal fell through after Laurent Kabila was assassinated for not cooperating with the Great White Fathers of industry (January 2001), but Gertler and Leibovitch and their disciples formed another company, [[Dan Gertler International]], and advanced their Congo plan.22 By 2002 Gertler’s company was the leading exporter of Congolese gems, controlling a diamond mining franchise worth about $US 1 billion annually...
"Dan Gertler is close to Israeli politicians, especially [[Avigdor Lieberman]], head of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, and he is very close to diamantaire [[Beny Steinmetz]], a good friend of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Gertler’s inseperable friend, [[Chaim Leibovitz]], is also very close to Lieberman, and was “a regular fixture” in Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]’s offices." <ref>[[Keith Harmon Snow]], [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/gertlers-bling-bang-torah-gang/ Gertler’s Bling Bang Torah Gang], Dissident Voice, February 9, 2008.</ref>
"Founder of the [[DGI Group of Companies]], Dan Gertler is a leader in the development of natural resources. His career began with investments in the diamond trade in Africa, and his interests have since grown to include mining, logistics, real estate, agriculture and finance in Africa and other emerging markets.
"In 2004, BHP Billiton rejected an attempt by Gertler to buy the Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada's first producing diamond mine." <ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/cp/business/080710/b0710107A.html Israeli diamond mogul Dan Gertler buys 25 per cent stake in Anvil Mining], CBC News, accessed September 1, 2008.</ref>
"Dan Gertler’s father, [[Asher Gertler]], and his uncle, [[Shmuel Schnitzer]], manage the original family business, and Shmuel is Vice-Chairman of the Belgian-based [[World Diamond Council]]—the entity that spends more money promoting the false image of “conflict-free” diamonds than it does helping any of the people dispossessed or brutalized by the diamond industry." <ref>[[Keith Harmon Snow]], [http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/02/gertlers-bling-bang-torah-gang/ Gertler’s Bling Bang Torah Gang], Dissident Voice, February 9, 2008.</ref>
==Resources and articles==
*[[Gertler Foundation]]
*Rabbi [[Chaim Yaakov Leibovitch]]
*[[Emaxon Finance International]]
*[[International Diamond Industries]]
