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21 Jan 2008

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Translation by Adalah-NY of article by Gal Karniel, Ma’ariv On-Line [Israel]

Ma’ariv: Leviev Boasts A Contribution That Never Existed

Lev Leviev...volunteered misleading information regarding the destination of his charitable donations...Lifestyles Magazine conducted an interview with...Leviev...[who mentioned a] donation to Oxfam...Adalah-NY addressed Oxfam in a letter dated January 8th...which requested that Oxfam not accept donations from Leviev due to his involvement in settlement construction in the West Bank territories...The letter also referenced Leviev’s exploitation of the Angolan population working in the diamond trade, as well as the employment of workers...under exploitative conditions in his Manhattan and Brooklyn...Following this, Oxfam...stat[ed] that the organization maintains no connection whatsoever with Leviev...The Lev Leviev Group transmitted a letter to [the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]...stating: “Having fled the yoke of communism as a teenager living in Uzbekistan, Lev Leviev knows oppression firsthand and has used his self-made success to alleviate suffering around the world...”