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Old October 24th, 2008 #45
Steve Lillywhite
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Originally Posted by raciallymotivated View Post
There is some debate about Zoellick's jewishness.

From Ynetnews:

That Israel's economy seems to have emerged relatively unscathed from the crisis has leant much ammunition to enemies of the Jewish state. As does the fact that many of the world's financial leaders are of Jewish descent. Figures such as US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, his predecessor Alan Greenspan, World Bank President Robert Zoellik, UK Business Secretary Peter Mandelson and the 2008 recipient of the Nobel Prize for economics, Paul Krugman, have all come under attack due to their heritage. 'Jewish banks masterminded crisis'