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WATCH Houthi militants hijack Israeli-linked ship
Unbelievable footage from the Houthi seizure of the Israeli-owned ship “Galaxy Leader” in the Red Sea yesterday.
A helicopter, emblazoned with the flags of Yemen and Palestine, drops a Houthi squad onto the ship, wearing Palestinian flag headbands and photos of Hamas’ spokesman. pic.twitter.com/4DAHKA88r9
— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) November 20, 2023
From Zerohedge:
Houthis Release Dramatic Video Of Ship Hijacking – Promise “This Is The Beginning”
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Economic Implications of the Houthi Seizure of the Galaxy Leader
RUSSELL BENTLEY for SPUTNIK NEWS
As confirmed by multiple media sources, the ship seized by the Houthis in the Red Sea is the Bahamian flagged Galaxy Leader. According to marinetaffic.com, this ship is designed to carry vehicles, and has a capacity of 1500 passenger cars.
It should be understood that the Houthis have not just seized the Galaxy Leader, they have put all Israeli shipping in the Red Sea under threat.
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Israeli billions, Mossad and Houthi revenge: Why was a cargo ship seized in the Red Sea?
Who is Rami Ungar – the billionaire whose vessel was recently hijacked – and what does Israeli intelligence have to do with him?
ABBAS JUMA for RT
Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement has seized an Israeli cargo ship in the Red Sea. Prior to that, Brigadier General Yahya Saree made a statement, saying that the Yemenis would attack ships sailing under the Israeli flag and vessels that are owned or operated by Israeli companies. Saree called on all countries to withdraw their citizens working on the crews of these ships.
“Avoid shipping on or handling these vessels. Inform your ships to stay away from these ships,” Saree said.
The Israeli Defense Ministry called this an “incident of global scale.” Meanwhile, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for the incident.
Unbelievable footage from the Houthi seizure of the Israeli-owned ship “Galaxy Leader” in the Red Sea yesterday.
A helicopter, emblazoned with the flags of Yemen and Palestine, drops a Houthi squad onto the ship, wearing Palestinian flag headbands and photos of Hamas’ spokesman. pic.twitter.com/4DAHKA88r9
— Séamus Malekafzali (@Seamus_Malek) November 20, 2023
As it turned out, one of the owners of the Galaxy Leader cargo ship, with 25 crew members from Bulgaria, the Philippines, Ukraine, and Mexico on board, was the Israeli businessman Rami Ungar.
Who is Rami Ungar?
Abraham “Rami” Ungar is one of the richest Israelis, a businessman involved in the import of cars and in real estate, a shipowner and chairman of the Israeli shipping company Ray Shipping, which imports ships and cars. Ungar even received an award from the Korean government for his contribution to bolstering car trade between Korea and Israel.
Rami was born in north Tel Aviv in 1947. He comes from a very wealthy family, and was educated in the UK. He served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Signal Corps, and then studied law at Oxford University. In 1971, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University, and, in 2014, received an honorary doctorate degree (Doctor Honoris Causa) from the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Bulgaria.
In the late 1960s, Ungar founded a small company specializing in the import of air conditioning systems for trailers and vans. Later, he became the first importer of Autobianchi automobiles and then Lancia cars in Israel. In 1972, Ungar founded Ungar Holdings LTD, a leading Israeli company engaged in the construction of residential and office buildings, as well as aircraft rentals.
His company, Ray Shipping LTD, owns dozens of car carriers and bulk carriers. Over 1,000 Bulgarian officers and engineers, 80% of whom are graduates of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, work in the company.
Influential friends and ties with the Mossad
In 2019, Rami Ungar was included in a list of the top 30 richest people in Israel. His fortune was estimated to be $2 billion. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz noted that the businessman had extensive ties with Israeli politicians. It also mentioned a scandal related to former Israeli President Ezer Weizman, who resigned in July 2000 due to corruption allegations. Supposedly, Weizman received $27,000 from Ungar in the mid-1980s.
It is known that Ungar is a close friend of Israel’s current Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The businessman bought him tickets to the FIFA World Cup final in July 2018.
Another scandal involving Ungar is tied to the former director of the Mossad intelligence agency Yossi Cohen. The Israeli businessman donated 1.1 million shekels ($341,000) for the construction of a synagogue opposite Cohen’s home. The donation was paid directly to Cohen. Soon afterward, it became known that Cohen helped Ungar settle a dispute with the Israeli businessman Michael Levy over the right to represent the South Korean automobile company Kia in Israel.
Rami Ungar is tied to the Mossad not only through corruption schemes. For example, the entrepreneur was involved in the much talked-about story concerning the anti-Iranian advocacy organization ‘United Against Nuclear Iran’, which the New York Times covered in 2014. Ungar was an intermediary, who reached out to companies that cooperated with Iran and persuaded them to renounce trade ties with Tehran. However, some suppose that Ungar’s main task was to recruit the leadership of the companies connected with Iran. This means that Ungar acted as an agent of the Mossad. For the Mossad, such companies are worth their weight in gold, since the Iranians trust them, and Israel can use this trust for sabotage and espionage purposes.
This is only a small portion of what the Israeli billionaire was directly or indirectly involved in. But it is enough to understand why his ship was captured by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea.
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