U.S. Military Aid to Israel Averages $3 Billion a Year for Last 25 Years

Saturday, January 2, 2009

Washington’s generosity towards Israel has amounted to $3 billion a year in military aid since 1985, and extends even further back to the mid-20th century. According to a Congressional Research Service report, no other country has received more foreign assistance from the United States than Israel from World War II until now, and it was the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance for each year from 1976 to 2004, when Iraq became a high priority.

Israel also benefits from special treatment from Washington, such as the fact that all of its yearly aid is delivered within the first 30 days of the new fiscal year. Most other allies of the U.S. get their assistance through installments that are spread out over the year. Additionally, Israel gets to use some of its U.S. military assistance for research and development in the United States and for military purchases from Israeli manufacturers. But the Jewish state must spend 75% of its help from Washington on military hardware made in the USA, which aids American manufacturers, especially during recessionary times.

http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/US_Military_Aid_to_Israel_Averages_3_Billion_Dollars_a_Year_for_Last_25_Years_100102

Israel summons envoys from all over the world

This is the first time a conference for all of Israel's heads of missions has been held.

December 26, 2009 - Israel's ambassadors and consuls generals from all over the world have been summoned to attend a conference to be held over global challenges facing Israel.

The meeting to be attended in Jerusalem Al-Quds on December 27-31 is hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the ministry reported on its website.

"The idea is to facilitate direct dialogue with the country's leaders, mutual updates on major diplomatic issues, and a discussion of action plans to deal with the challenges awaiting Israel in the international arena in the coming year, including the Iranian threat," it said.

This is while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called a report by the UN Human Rights Council's Gaza commission a real threat to Israel.

The UN Special Rappoteur for the occupied Palestinian Territories has also urged western powers to push Israel to end its blockade of the Gaza Strip immediately. Richard Falk also called for economic sanctions against Israel.

Benyamin Netanyahu will also attend the conference along with Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy Dan Meridor, and other senior officials.

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=114663&sectionid=351020202

WhatReallyHappened.com | NATO calls on Israel for naval support

November 21, 2009 - Ties between Israel and NATO have firmed with the decision by NATO to tap the Israeli navy for assistance.

Israel will send one of its warships to the Mediterranean to join NATO's Active Endeavor naval force, patrols the Eastern Mediterranean and monitors shipping to help detect, deter and protect against terrorist activity, boarding ships when necessary.

Webmaster's Commentary:

Now that the Israeli military has become nearly fully integrated with the US military, we see an integration of Israel into the NATO military structure.

While this is of great benefit to Israel, it is not to the benefit of either the US or NATO.

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NATO calls on Israel for naval support

Macau News.Net

November 21, 2009

Ties between Israel and NATO have firmed with the decision by NATO to tap the Israeli navy for assistance.

Israel will send one of its warships to the Mediterranean to join NATO's Active Endeavor naval force, patrols the Eastern Mediterranean and monitors shipping to help detect, deter and protect against terrorist activity, boarding ships when necessary.

The operation is conducted from the Allied Maritime Component Command Naples, Italy through a Task Force deployed in the Mediterranean.

An Israeli liason officer is already with the force.

The Deputy Secretary-General of NATO Claudio Bisogniero will will be in Israel on Monday and Tuesday of next week. He will lead a delegation which will conduct high level talks with Israeli officials on the Israeli participation in the Mediterranean.

During his visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Bisogniero will meet with Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Avigdor Liberman, the Chairman and members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the Knesset, the Deputy Minister of Defense Matan Vilnai, the Head of the National Security Council of Israel Dr.Uzi Arad, and other government officials.

If all goes according to plam the Israeli warship will likely join the NATO force early next year.

Arrangements have been agreed for the Israeli vessel to circumvent missions involving Arab territorial waters.

A rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday causing no damage or injury, an Israeli police spokesman said

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects...wTickers.jhtml

http://www.reuters.com/article/world...59Q3XH20091027
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday causing no damage or injury, an Israeli police spokesman said.
A Lebanese security source confirmed a rocket had been fired from southern Lebanon from the village of Houla, and another Lebanese security source said Israel returned artillery fire at the area.
Micky Rosenfeld, spokesman for Israeli police, said a Katyusha rocket "landed in upper Galilee" after darkness and that there were no reports of damage or injury. An Israeli military spokesman had no immediate comment.
The Israeli-Lebanese border has been largely quiet since a U.N.-brokered truce was reached after a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
But two rockets were fired a month ago after a long lull and a military group with links to al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
There was no immediate claim made for Tuesday's rocket which fell in an area near the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmone, an Israeli security source said.
(Additional reporting by Yara Bayoumy in Beirut; Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Editing by Alison Williams)

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134085

(IsraelNN.com) Terrorists in southern Lebanon fired a Katyusha rocket on the Upper Galilee around 7 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT). No one was wounded and no damage was reported, but a fire broke out at the site of the explosion. Lebanese sources reported that the IDF retaliated with artillery fire, but Israel has not confirmed the report.
The explosion occurred near Kiryat Shmona, and police and civil defense authorities are searching for the point of impact. Lebanese authorities confirmed that the rocket was fired from a village near the Israeli border.

The rocket may have been fired by a terrorist cell not directly connected with Hizbullah.
Earlier in the day, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the area and said, “Quiet has been maintained here for nine years after many years of attacks and the painful five-week period of the Second Lebanon War." Tuesday's attack was at least the ninth since the end of the war in 2006.
United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) forces have been mandated to keep Hizbullah out of southern Lebanon as part of the ceasefire agreement to which Israel agreed to end the Second Lebanon War in August 2006.
Its commanders said at the outset that they would not carry out the mandate to disarm, Hizbullah, which is estimated to have stockpiled between 60,000 and 80,000 rockets since the end of the war, more than three times the amount it possessed before it attacked Israel with more than 1,000 rockets.

A rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday causing no damage or injury, an Israeli police spokesman said

http://www.reuters.com/article/world...59Q3XH20091027
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A rocket fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel on Tuesday causing no damage or injury, an Israeli police spokesman said.
A Lebanese security source confirmed a rocket had been fired from southern Lebanon from the village of Houla, and another Lebanese security source said Israel returned artillery fire at the area.
Micky Rosenfeld, spokesman for Israeli police, said a Katyusha rocket "landed in upper Galilee" after darkness and that there were no reports of damage or injury. An Israeli military spokesman had no immediate comment.
The Israeli-Lebanese border has been largely quiet since a U.N.-brokered truce was reached after a 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas.
But two rockets were fired a month ago after a long lull and a military group with links to al Qaeda claimed responsibility.
There was no immediate claim made for Tuesday's rocket which fell in an area near the northern Israeli border town of Kiryat Shmone, an Israeli security source said.
(Additional reporting by Yara Bayoumy in Beirut; Writing by Allyn Fisher-Ilan; Editing by Alison Williams)

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134085

(IsraelNN.com) Terrorists in southern Lebanon fired a Katyusha rocket on the Upper Galilee around 7 p.m. (1 p.m. EDT). No one was wounded and no damage was reported, but a fire broke out at the site of the explosion. Lebanese sources reported that the IDF retaliated with artillery fire, but Israel has not confirmed the report.
The explosion occurred near Kiryat Shmona, and police and civil defense authorities are searching for the point of impact. Lebanese authorities confirmed that the rocket was fired from a village near the Israeli border.

The rocket may have been fired by a terrorist cell not directly connected with Hizbullah.
Earlier in the day, Defense Minister Ehud Barak visited the area and said, “Quiet has been maintained here for nine years after many years of attacks and the painful five-week period of the Second Lebanon War." Tuesday's attack was at least the ninth since the end of the war in 2006.
United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) forces have been mandated to keep Hizbullah out of southern Lebanon as part of the ceasefire agreement to which Israel agreed to end the Second Lebanon War in August 2006.
Its commanders said at the outset that they would not carry out the mandate to disarm, Hizbullah, which is estimated to have stockpiled between 60,000 and 80,000 rockets since the end of the war, more than three times the amount it possessed before it attacked Israel with more than 1,000 rockets.

Jerusalem Post | Mashaal: Fate of Jerusalem will be determined by confrontation, not talks

October 25, 2009 - Following a day of clashes between security forces and Arab rioters in Jerusalem, Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal on Sunday evening stated that the fate of the capital would be determined by force, not negotiations.

"The fate of Jerusalem will be determined only by confrontation and not by the negotiating tables," Mashaal said in a speech, according to Channel 10.

"The Israelis want to divide al-Aqsa Mosque, and this is not all. They want to hold their religious ceremonies in the mosque … in preparation for demolishing it and building their temple there," he reportedly said.

Israel is interested in determining the Jerusalem issue unilaterally so that the issue is not included in negotiations with the Palestinians, Masha'al claimed. FULL STORY

Jewish Telegraphic Agency JTA |Obama to speak at the General Assembly of UJC/Jewish Federations of North America set to take place Nov 9th

Oct. 23, 2009

WASHINGTON (JTA ) -- President Barack Obama is speaking next month to the General Assembly of UJC/Jewish Federations of North America.

The speech, set to take place on Nov. 9, will be his first as president to a broad Jewish audience. Some Israeli figures and some leaders of the organized Jewish community have complained that Obama has not done enough to explain his positions on Middle East peacemaking.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will also announce this weekend that he is attending in person, sources said.

InfoWars.com | Israel wants law of war changed

AFP | Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his government to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on its war in Gaza.

Israel postpones at last minute joint Juniper Cobra exercise with US

October 12, 2009, 4:43 PM (GMT+02:00) - US and Israeli forces were already poised to launch their joint Juniper Cobra strategic missile defense exercise, which takes place every two years, to begin Monday Oct. 12, when at noon an Israeli military spokesman suddenly announced its postponement by one week.

The announcement came three days after Turkey called off its sixth annual international air maneuver when the US and Italy pulled out in protest against the Israeli air force's last-minute exclusion by Ankara.

It also followed a statement in Tehran by Revolutionary Guards Deputy Commander Brig. Gen. Hossein Salami that Iran's high-tech Sejil missiles can repel any threat and attack on the country.

Our military sources report that the announcement caught 17 US naval ships fitted with Aegis missiles and ground teams operating THAAD and Patriot missile interceptors already in place - altogether 1,000 personnel. DEBKAfile's military sources report: They were to interlock with Israel's Arrow II and Navy for the biggest joint exercise they have ever held, simulating a multiple-direction missile attack on Israel from Iran, Syria, the Lebanese Hizballah and the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The American FBX-T radar installed at the Israel's Air Force base at Nevatim in the Negev was assigned a key role in the practice which was to be overseen by Adm. Mark Fitzgerald, commander of the US. Navy's Sixth Fleet, and the head of Israel's air defense arm.

It was not immediately clear whether the highly exceptional week's postponement of the exercise on the very day it was to begin was a joint US-Israeli decision or one made by Israel for political or perhaps technical reasons. At any rate, it indicates something seriously amiss.

Rothschild family (Bankers owning Israel like bankers own the US)

"Just realize that Israel is ROTHSCHILD LAND - NOT Jews' Land -
the Jews there are being played like a fiddle" - David Icke

Comparable to the US populous being played like a fiddle by the privately owned Federal Reserve Bank bowing to banksters in London.

Rothschild family
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the investment bank founded by the family, see N M Rothschild & Sons.

For the private bank founded by the family, see LCF Rothschild Group.

The Rothschild family (often referred to simply as the Rothschilds) is an international dynasty of German Jewish origin that established worldwide banking and finance operations and was ennobled by Austria and the United Kingdom.

Origin
The family's rise to international prominence began with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), the son of Amschel Moses Rothschild,^[1] a money changer. Born in the ghetto (called "Judengasse" or Jew Alley) of Frankfurt am Main, he developed a finance house and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons in European cities to conduct business. An essential part of Mayer Rothschild's strategy for future success was to keep control of their businesses in family hands, allowing them to maintain full discretion about the size of their wealth and their business achievements. Mayer Rothschild successfully kept the fortune in the family with carefully arranged marriages between closely related family members. His sons were:

• Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773–1855): Frankfurt
• Salomon Mayer Rothschild (1774–1855): Vienna
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836): London
• Calmann Mayer Rothschild (1788–1855): Naples
• Jakob Mayer Rothschild (1792–1868): Paris
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The Rothschild coat of arms contains a clenched fist with five arrows symbolizing the five sons of Mayer Rothschild, a reference to Psalm 127. The family motto appears below the shield, in Latin, Concordia, Integritas, Industria, (Harmony, Integrity, Industry).^[2] The German family name means "Red Shield".
Families by country:

• Rothschild banking family of Naples
• Rothschild banking family of England
• Rothschild banking family of Austria
• Rothschild banking family of France

British war effort and Napoleon
The basis for the Rothschild fortune was laid during the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars. From 1813 to 1815, Nathan Mayer Rothschild in London was instrumental in the financing of the British war effort, handling the shipment of bullion to the Duke of Wellington's army in Portugal and Spain, as well as arranging the payment of British financial subsidies to their Continental allies. Through the commissions earned on these transactions, the Rothschild fortune grew enormously.

The four brothers helped co-ordinate activities across the continent, and the family developed a network of agents, shippers and couriers to transport gold and information across Europe. This private intelligence service enabled Nathan to receive in London the news of Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo a full day ahead of the government's official messengers.^[3]

Nathan Mayer Rothschild started his London business, N. M. Rothschild and Sons in 1811 at New Court in St Swithin's Lane, City of London, where it trades today. In 1818, he arranged a £5 million loan to the Prussian government, and the issuing of bonds for government loans formed a mainstay of his bank’s business. He gained a position of such power in the City of London that by 1825–6 he was able to supply enough coin to the Bank of England to enable it to avert a market liquidity crisis.

Elevated to the nobility
In 1816, four of the brothers were each ennobled by Austrian Emperor Francis I; Nathan was elevated in 1818. All of them were granted the Austrian title of baron or Freiherr on 29 September 1822. As such, some members of the family used "de" or "von" Rothschild to acknowledge the grant of nobility. In 1885, Nathan Mayer Rothschild II (1840–1915) of the London branch of the family, was granted the peerage title Baron Rothschild in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Rothschild family banking businesses pioneered international high finance during the industrialisation of Europe and were instrumental in supporting railway systems across the world and in complex government financing for projects such as the Suez Canal. Major businesses directly founded by Rothschild family capital include Alliance Assurance (1824) (now Royal & SunAlliance); Chemin de Fer du Nord (1845); Rio Tinto Group (1873); Société Le Nickel (1880) (now Eramet); and Imétal (1962) (now Imerys).

After amassing huge fortunes, the name Rothschild became synonymous with banking and great wealth, and the family was renowned for its art collecting, as well as for its philanthropy.

In 1901, with no male heir to take it on, the Frankfurt House closed its doors after more than a century in business. It was not until 1989 that they returned when N M Rothschild & Sons, the British investment arm, plus Bank Rothschild AG, the Swiss branch, set up a representative banking office in Frankfurt.

The Rothschilds were supporters of the State of Israel, and Baron Edmond James de Rothschild was a patron of the first settlement in Palestine at Rishon-LeZion. In 1917 Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild was the addressee of the Balfour Declaration, which committed the British government to the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.

James A. de Rothschild financed the Knesset building as a gift to the State of Israel.
The Supreme Court of Israel building was donated to Israel by Dorothy de Rothschild.^[4] Outside the President's Chamber is displayed the letter Ms. Rothschild wrote to Prime Minister Shimon Peres expressing her intention to donate a new building for the Supreme Court.^[5]

French branches

Main article: Rothschild banking family of France

There are two branches of the family connected to France. The first was son James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868), known as "James", who established de Rothschild Frères in Paris. Following the Napoleonic Wars, he played a major role in financing the construction of railroads and the mining business that helped make France an industrial power. James' sons Gustave de Rothschild and Alphonse James de Rothschild continued the banking tradition and were responsible for raising the money to pay the compensation demanded by the occupying Prussian army in the 1870s Franco-Prussian War. Ensuing generations of the Paris Rothschild family remained involved in the family business, becoming a major force in international investment banking. The Rothschilds have led the Thomson Financial League Tables in Investment Banking Merger and Acquisition deals in the UK, France and Italy. In the United States, their Investment Banking Restructuring group has landed such deals as United Airlines and Delphi. The onslaught of competition from publicly traded banking giants from the United States and the European Union, with enormous capital at their disposal, resulted in the 2003 merger of the privately owned Rothschild banking house in France with its British banking cousins to create a single umbrella holding company.

James Mayer de Rothschild's other son, Edmond James de Rothschild (1845-1934) has been a strong supporter of Zionism. His grandson, Baron Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild, founded in 1953 the LCF Rothschild Group, a private bank. Since 1997, Baron Benjamin de Rothschild chairs the group. The group owns many wine properties in France (Château Clarke, Château des Laurets), in Australia or in South Africa.

The second French branch was founded by Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870). Born in London he was the fourth child of the founder of the British branch of the family, Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836). In 1850, Nathaniel Rothschild moved to Paris, ostensibly to work with his uncle, James Mayer Rothschild. However, in 1853 Nathaniel acquired Château Brane Mouton, a vineyard in Pauillac in the Gironde département. Nathaniel Rothschild renamed the estate, Château Mouton Rothschild and it would become one of the best known labels in the world. In 1868, Nathaniel's uncle, James Mayer de Rothschild acquired the neighboring Chateau Lafite vineyard. The Paris business suffered a near death blow in 1982 when the Socialist government of François Mitterrand nationalized and renamed it Compagnie Européenne de Banque. Baron David de Rothschild, then 39, decided to stay and rebuild, creating a new entity Rothschild & Cie Banque with just three employees and $1 million in capital. Today, the Paris operation has 22 partners and accounts for a significant part of the global business.

Austrian branch
In Vienna, Salomon Mayer Rothschild established a bank in the 1820s and the family became admired and respected citizens. The Austrian Rothschilds were later elevated to nobility by the Austrian emperor for their services. The crash of 1929 brought problems, and Baron Louis von Rothschild attempted to shore up the Creditanstalt, Austria's largest bank, to prevent its collapse. Nevertheless, during World War II they had to surrender their bank to the Nazis and flee the country. Their Rothschild palaces were confiscated and plundered by the Nazis. Some of these family members sought sanctuary in the United States. In 1999, the government of Austria agreed to return to the Rothschild family some 250 art treasures looted by the Nazis and absorbed into state museums after the war.

Italian branch
The Unification of Italy in 1861 eventually brought about the closure of their Naples bank.

Modern business
In July 2003, a major reorganization of the Rothschild business structure took place when the London and Paris banks were united through a new master holding company, Concordia BV, under the chairmanship of David René de Rothschild. Under this banner, Rothschild et Cie Banque controls the Rothschild banking businesses in France and continental Europe, while Rothschilds Continuation Holdings AG controls the Rothschild banking elsewhere, including N M Rothschild & Sons in London.^[6] Twenty percent of Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG was sold in 2005 to Jardine Strategic, which is a subsidiary of Jardine, Matheson & Co. of Hong Kong. In November 2008, Rabobank Group, the leading investment and commmercial bank in the Netherlands, acquired 7.5% of Rothschild Continuation Holdings AG, and Rabobank and Rothschild entered into a co-operation agreement in the fields of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) advisory and Equity Capital Markets advisory in the food and agribusiness sectors.^[7]

N M Rothschild & Sons does most of its business as a mergers and acquisitions advisor. In 2006, it ranked second in UK M&A with deals totalling $104.9 billion.^[8] In 2006, it recorded a pre-tax profit of £83.2 million with total assets of £5.5 billion.^[9]

Another descendant of James, Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926–1997) founded the LCF Rothschild Group, based in Geneva, which today extends to 15 countries across the world. The group's primary businesses include Banque privée Edmond de Rothschild S.A., La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild, La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild S.A., and COGIFRANCE. Although this Group is primarily a financial entity, specialising in asset management and private banking, its activities also cover winemaking (with estates in Bordeaux, South Africa and Argentina), mixed farming, luxury hotels, and yacht racing. The LCF Rothschild Group is currently presided over by Benjamin de Rothschild, Baron Edmond's son.
In 1980, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild resigned from N M Rothschild & Sons and took independent control of Rothschild Investment Trust (now RIT Capital Partners, one of the UK's largest investment trusts.) He went on to found J. Rothschild Assurance Group (now St James's Place Capital) with Sir Mark Weinberg in 1991.^[10]

Prominent descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild

• Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905)
• Sir Anthony Rothschild (1810–1876)
• Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864-1934)
• Bethsabée de Rothschild (1914–1999)
• Charles Rothschild (1877–1923), banker and entomologist
• David Lionel de Rothschild (b. 1955), British horticulturist
• David Mayer de Rothschild (b. 1978), British adventurer and environmentalist
• David René de Rothschild (born 1942)
• Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934)
• Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009)
• Elie de Rothschild (1917–2007)
• Emma Rothschild (born 1948)
• Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (born 1931), banker
• Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)
• Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898)
• Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery née Hannah Rothschild (1851–1890)
• Henri James de Rothschild (1872–1946)
• Henriette Rothschild (1791–1866) married Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885)
• James Armand de Rothschild (1878–1957)
• James Mayer Rothschild (1792–1868)
• Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818–1874)
• Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild (Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter) (1913–1988)
• Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917)
• Lionel Nathan Rothschild (1808–1879)
• Miriam Louisa Rothschild (1908–2005)
• Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1868–1937)
• Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870)
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836)
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1840–1915)
• Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (born 1936)
• Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1910–1990)
• Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (born 1971), heir apparent to 4th Baron Rothschild
• Philippe de Rothschild (1902–1988), vintner
• Philippine de Rothschild (born 1935), vintner

By marriage:

• Elisabeth de Rothschild (1902–1945)
• Pauline de Rothschild (1908–1976)
• Jeanne de Rothschild (1908–2003), actress
• Liliane de Rothschild (1916–2003) art collector
• Marlene de Rothschild (born 1943) art collector
• Lynn Forester de Rothschild (born 1954), business woman

Popular culture references
The story of the Rothschild family has been featured in a number of films. The 1934 Hollywood film titled The House of Rothschild, starring George Arliss and Loretta Young, recounted the life of Mayer Amschel Rothschild. Excerpts from this film were incorporated into the National Socialist (Nazi) propaganda film Der ewige Jude (The Eternal Jew) and another German film Die Rothschilds (also called Aktien auf Waterloo) was directed by Erich Waschneck in 1940. A Broadway musical entitled The Rothschilds, covering the history of the family up to 1818, was nominated for a Tony Award in 1971.

In France, Rothschild is still considered a synonym for extreme wealth, though such usage is now dated. The family also has lent its name to "le goût Rothschild," a suffocatingly glamorous style of living whose decorative elements include neo-Renaissance palaces, extravagant use of velvet and gilding, a sense of Victorian horror vacui, and masterworks of art. Le goût Rothschild has much influenced interior designers such as Robert Denning, Vincent Fourcade, and others.

The name Rothschild is still used as a synonym for extreme wealth in Israel. In the Hebrew language version of the song "If I Were a Rich Man", the title line goes 'lu ha'yiti Rothschild, literally if I were a Rothschild. The origin of the song is from the Tevye the Dairyman stories, written in the Yiddish as Ven ikh bin Rotshild, meaning the same thing.
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's album Old Money references the Rothschilds in the song title, "Family War Funding (Love Those Rothschilds)."
The German surnames "Rothschild" and "Rothchild" are not related to the Protestant surname "Rothchilds" from the United Kingdom.

Conspiracy theories
In Fritz Springmeier's book Bloodlines of the Illuminati, he argues that the Rothschild family is one of 13 dynastic bloodlines linked to the Illuminati. New World Order conspiracy theories present the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Phipps', DuPonts, Vanderbilts, Bush family, etc. as the real rulers or would-be rulers of the world.^[11]
The acclaimed poet and Fascist Mussolini sympathizer Ezra Pound; in his World War II radio propaganda broadcasts from Fascist Italy, openly named the Rothschilds as the masters of a clique of banking houses that caused the World Wars in order to profit from them and get countries in debt to the lending central banks, which Pound claimed the Rothschild interests owned and exercised control of a nation's policy by having the power to issue the nation's money. Earlier, in 1935, Pound had speculated that "organized anti-Semitism might be the hidden war of Swiss Protestant dynasties against the Rothschilds, whom they had never forgiven for breaking into their banking monopoly."^[12]
[edit] See also

• Bethmanns and Rothschilds
• Château Lafite-Rothschild
• Château Mouton Rothschild
• Palais Rothschild
• Rothschild (Fabergé egg)
• Rothschild properties in Buckinghamshire

Notes

1. ^ Pohl, Manfred: Rothschild, Meyer Amschel. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Bd. 22, Berlin 2005, S. 131–133. (German)
2. ^ Concordia, Integritas, Industria - The Rothschilds - LCF Rothschild Group
3. ^ Victor Gray and Melanie Aspey, "Rothschild, Nathan Mayer (1777–1836)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edition, May 2006. Accessed 21 May 2007.
4. ^ "Dorothy de Rothschild, 93, Supporter of Israel" (obituary), The New York Times, 13 December 1988. Accessed 19 June 2008.
5. ^ The Presidents Chamber, Tour of Supreme Court, The Judicial Authority. http://elyon1.court.gov.il/eng/home/index.html.
6. ^ Paris-Orléans
7. ^ See: http://www.rabobank.com/content/news/news_archive/020-RothschildandRabobankestablishglobalfoodandagricooperation.jsp
8. ^ League tables
9. ^ Annual Report of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited for the year ended 31 March 2006.
10. ^ St. James's Place Capital, plc | International Directory of Company Histories | Find Articles at BNET.com
11. ^ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-515319560256183936
12. ^ Pearlman, Daniel (1981). "The Anti-Semitism of Ezra Pound". Contemporary Literature 22 (1): 104–115. doi:10.2307/1208225.

Further reading

• Niall Ferguson: The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets, 1798–1848 (ISBN 0-14-024084-5)
• Niall Ferguson: The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker, 1849–1998ISBN 0-14-028662-4) (
• Frederic Morton: The Rothschilds: Portrait of a Dynasty (ISBN 1-56836-220-X)
• Amos Elon: Founder: A Portrait of the First Rothschild and His Time, 1996. (ISBN 0-670-86857-4)
• Egon Caesar Conte Corti: Rise of the House of Rothschild, B. Lunn (translator), Books for Business 2001 (reprint of 1928 translation published by Gollancz), ISBN 978-0894990588, Amazon.co.uk searchable online view
• Joseph Valynseele & Henri-Claude Mars, Le Sang des Rothschild, L’Intermédiaire des Chercheurs et Curieux, Paris, 2004 (ISBN 2-908003-22-8)
• Derek A. Wilson: Rothschild: A Story of Wealth and Power (ISBN 023398870X)

Documentary film

• Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World - The early history of the Rothschild's family business feature in the second of a four part series by Niall Ferguson, aired on Channel Four

External links

• Family website
• N. M. Rothschild and Sons
  • 2004 Annual Report
• LCF Rothschild Group
• Rothschild Archive
• Chateau Lafite Rothschild
• Chateau Mouton Rothschild
• Compagnie vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild
• Yahoo! - NM Rothschild & Sons Limited Company Profile
• Article on the bestselling book Currency Wars by Hongbing Song
• Independent - The Rothschild story: A golden era ends for a secretive dynasty
• Niall Ferguson: The House of Rothschild, vol. 1. Table of contents and beginning of first chapter.