The company’s CEO, Guy Caspi, came with 15 years of experience in implementing mathematics and deep learning in the IDF
He has served as president of the product division of the Comverse Technology/Verint Systems and at Tamares Telecom en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamares_G…
Tamares Telecom is a service provider that supplies and operates communication services based on a new fiber optic network .. Tamares Telecom provides seamless connectivity from the Middle East to international communications HUBs 🤔
Fifth Dimension — headed by Guy Caspi, former CEO of Tamares Telecom, was established in 2014 timesofisrael.com/former-idf-chi…
After retiring from the IDF, former Chief of Staff Benny Gantz is hired as the company CEO
The headquarters of Tamares at 41 Dover Street , in London's Mayfair district
Since 1990, the Tamares Group has been headed by Poju Zabludowicz -"a major donor to David Cameron’s Conservative Party" #PanamaPapers archive.is/f7RPS
Zabludowicz’s co-investor – controversial businessman Scot Young – was found impaled on the railings outside his London flat in 2014
Zabludowicz – whose family fortune was built up by his arms dealer father Shlomo, founder of Israel’s main artillery manufacturer – set up BICOM (the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre) in 2002
Director of BICOM is journalist Richard Pater who regularly briefs British audiences on Israeli politics and security issues. He has appeared on the BBC and has written in a range of publications.
"Charles III has visited Israel twice and has strong links with the country but may not visit as monarch, writes Richard Pater ".. jewishnews.co.uk/could-it-be-ne…
"When Israel celebrated its 65th birthday, there was residual disappointment that despite growing bilateral ties there had never been an official royal visit.
In December 2015, a British government source explained to the Telegraph:
“Until there is a settlement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the royal family can’t really go there.
In Israel so much politics is caught up in the land itself that it’s best to avoid those complications altogether by not going there.”
"However, in the decade since, .., we have seen three royal visits in quick succession. Charles followed his attendance at President Peres’ funeral with an official visit in 2020, while William also came on an official visit in 2018.
Why the dramatic change?..
"The royal family’s new approach to Israel is based on two fundamental changes to UK government policy and two personal connections for King Charles himself. The King’s Coronation is an apt time to celebrate these connections.
Post-Brexit,
the UK government’s foreign policy approach is reorienting itself to meaningfully engage with allies beyond Europe, ideally those that also offer added value to the British economy. Israel, the ‘innovation nation’,& w/ its advanced technology, is the perfect partner for the UK🤔
"No longer should the intransigence of the Palestinian leadership act as a barrier to enhancing bilateral relations that serve the UK national interest...
"It is in this spirit that the British and Israeli foreign ministers earlier this year signed a new 7-year commitment, which the UK government described as containing “detailed commitments for deepening cooperation across the breadth of the Israel-UK relationship..
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"Intelligence firm Black Cube ordered to pay £350,000 to Israeli TV show.
The libel case was reportedly filed after Uvda aired a segment in June 2019 that alleged that tycoon Idan Ofer had hired the firm to investigate the Israeli finance minister in 2014."
"Court documents .. show that Black Cube (known in the proceedings as BC Strategy UK Limited) was ordered to make the “interim payment” to pay for the costs of Keshet Broadcasting Limited and five of the group’s journalists." theguardian.com/law/2020/nov/2…
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'He spent most of his career in the City of London, involved in the trading of base metals, especially copper. He was a protégé of top metal trader Manfred Kopelman .. one of the top metal traders at Philipp where Mr Farmer was mainly focused on the copper market.'
Philipp Brothers: The Rise and Fall of a Trading Giant 1901-1990 - Waszkis, Helmut
"During a career that spanned five decades, Gross represented such clients as writer-directors William Friedkin , Christopher McQuarrie, Nicholas Meyer and Paul Schrader; actors Richard Gere, William Petersen, Angelica Huston, Linda Evans".. theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/…
Daily Mail
"Hollywood legend Randy Quaid claims wild theory Gene Hackman 'murdered' like Heath Ledger
"Quaid, 74, took to X on Saturday afternoon to share his wild theory on how he thinks the Oscar-winner and his wife died, calling them 'murder victims.'
"This is not the first time Quaid has brought this eerie theory to light, as he and his wife, Evi Quaid, have previously referred to the suspected 'murderers' as 'the Hollywood Star Whackers,' Vanity Fair reported in 2011." archive.vanityfair.com/article/share/…
'Hollywood American lawyer & talent agent Irving "Swifty"Lazar appears as a character in Peter Morgan's stage play Frost/Nixon. In the play, Lazar negotiates a deal with David Frost on behalf of President Richard Nixon for Frost to interview Nixon.' Wiki
After playing Lex Luthor, nemesis of the Man of Steel, in “Superman” (1978) , Gene Hackman briefly left Hollywood. He did not make another film until “All Night Long,” a comedy co-starring Barbra Streisand, in 1981.
"She had no qualms about sleeping with clients or would-be clients — at one point, she was known as “F–ker to the Stars,” a nickname she was reportedly fine with — and insisted to female colleagues and friends that nothing was more important than securing a great husband."..