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Irving
Moskowitz exports misery from Hawaiian Gardens to Jerusalem along
with the money he collects from gamblers at his bingo and casino in
Hawaiian Gardens, a small predominantly Latino city in Los Angeles
County.
New Report
Gambling on Extremism,
How Irving Moskowitz took over a small town to bankroll Israel's anti-peace
settlers (900kb PDF, right-click to save), a comprehensive report published December 16, 2003,
on the devastating impact Moskowitz's California gambling operations
have had on Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem, including new information
on Moskowitz's ties to US "neocons."
What we have tried to do with this report is to create a comprehensive
analysis of Moskowitz's own "road map" of obstructionism.
Our goal was to understand: What was his strategy in East Jerusalem?
How does he use his California gambling operations to further his
goals? Why has the Hawaiian Gardens city government been unable to
reign in his card club ambitions or at least harness them to the betterment
- rather than the degradation - of their own civic community? And
just where did the money come from that first enabled Moskowitz to
seize the role of principal financier of Israel's extremists?
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Small City In A Big War
by Dan Walters
25 September 2000
Sacramento Bee
“This
tiny, impoverished and predominantly Latino city in southern Los Angeles
County is an unlikely locale for a high-stakes political squabble with international
ramifications – but California seems to produce many strange imbroglios.”
This article examines the controversial casino operated by Moskowitz in
Hawaiian Gardens and what it means in terms of Middle East peace negotiations.
It mentions the pressure Jewish and Latino activists are putting on California
Attorney General Bill Lockyer to deny Moskowitz's application for a casino
license.
Bingo bill unites
unlikely coalition
by Gary Delsohn -- Bee Staff Writer
15 February 2002
Sacramento Bee
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Coalition-backed bingo reform bill would have eliminated some of the abuses
of the bingo industry in California. Moskowitz's bingo club is a perfect
example of a monopolistic establishment that prevents other charitable bingo
clubs from surviving.

KCET Life &
Times Transcript
by KCET - Los Angeles, CA
15 March 2000
Life & Times Tonight
Coalition
coordinator Haim Dov Beliak explains how Moskowitz uses the Hawaiian Gardens
bingo to thwart Israeli-Palestinian peace in this public television magazine
show.
Letter to Western
U.S. Rabbis About Irving Moskowitz
by Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem
10 October 2000
correspondence
The
Coalition sent this letter along with a copy of a video documentary about
the negative impact of Moskowitz’s gambling operations on Hawaiian Gardens
and Jerusalem to Rabbis in the Western United States. The letter explains
what Moskowitz has been doing in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem and urges
them to contact California Attorney General Bill Lockyer to request that
he deny Moskowitz his casino license and revoke his bingo license as well.
"...we
believe it's important for you to know what Irving Moskowitz is doing, both
in Jerusalem and the small city in Los Angeles County, Hawaiian Gardens.
It's important because he's doing it in your name! Moskowitz has access to
influential politicians and acts as though he has the support of the entire
Jewish community."
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Coalition
Letter to President Bill Clinton
Then
Coalition co-chairperson Mina Meyer hands President Clinton a letter urging
him to tell California officials how Moskowitz has undermined US peace efforts
and should not be granted a permanent license for his Hawaiian Gardens Casino.
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Coalition Appeal to
Prime Minister Barak
News Release:
Appeal to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
by Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem
16 November 1999
general release
Coalition Appeal to Prime Minister Barak The
Coalition for Justice appealed to then Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak,
to ask California’s governor and attorney general to stop Moskowitz's gambling
operations in Hawaiian Gardens, which are harming that city and funding the
activities of Israeli extremists opposed to peace with the Palestinians.
The Coalition wrote to Barak because he was visiting the United States at
the time.
Letter to Israeli
Prime Minister Ehud Barak
by Coalition for Justice in Hawaiian Gardens and Jerusalem
15 November 1999
general release
Coalition asks officials to review Moskowitz hate web site as evidence of unsuitability for a gambling license.
December 26, 2000: Coalition legal brief shows Moskowitz character unfit for casino license
The
Coalition submits a legal brief demonstrating that Moskowitz does not have
the character attributes California law requires of gambling licensees. The
brief, submitted to California Attorney General Bill Lockyer contained compelling
arguments for why, when it comes to licensing casino operators, character
counts – and Irving Moskowitz, who has applied for a license to operate his
Hawaiian Gardens Casino, doesn't have it.


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