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Security, Inc., which he served as "honorary counsel." Serving as "honorary
chairman" of this pro-Israel lobbying group was General Julius Klein, an
American military figure who not only played a major role in supplying
weapons to the Israeli Haganah underground prior to the establishment of
Israel, but also assisted in the founding and training of the Israeli Mossad.
Clearly, Jack Ruby's friend and lawyer, Kutner, was a man with
important ties to Israel and its global power networks. So, what Peter Dale
Scott says regarding Ruby's association with Kutner is not an
overstatement: "[Kutner's] involvement with Ruby confirms that Ruby
should not just be thought of as a man with local influence with the Dallas
police, but as a player in international deep politics." 463
Yet, when G. Robert Blakey and the House Assassinations Committee
were looking into Ruby's connections and when Blakey later wrote about
his findings, Blakey never once mentioned Kutner—a significant Ruby
connection, particularly in light of what we have already outlined—and will
examine further—in the pages of Final Judgment. 464
RUBY AND ISRAELI ARMS SMUGGLING
JFK researcher A. J. Weberman has revealed the little-known fact that
Ruby traveled to Israel in 1955 and that while in San Francisco that year,
Ruby told a friend, "After I leave here I'm going to Florida to buy a load of
contraband to send to Israel." Ruby's notebook also contained the phone
number in New York City belonging to a Miss Snyman who told the FBI
she had diplomatic immunity and that she should be contacted through the
South African ambassador to the United Nations. Weberman raised the
question as to whether this suggested Ruby might have been involved in an
arms deal between Israel and South Africa, but noted that the FBI had then
decided the number was JE-8-7475 rather than TE-8-7475. Who that number
belonged to was apparently never resolved. 465
In addition, citing FBI documents, Weberman notes that Lawrence
Meyers, Ruby's long-time friend with whom he met at the Cabana Motel
the night before the JFK assassination was a salesman for Ero
Manufacturing. The FBI determined that calls were made from Ero to a
corporation investigated for illegal arms shipments to Israel. 466
There is, in fact, evidence of other Ruby connections to Israel at the time of
the JFK assassination itself. It is well known that while Ruby was milling
about the Dallas Police Department after the assassination that Ruby
claimed to be translating for Israeli "reporters" who were on the scene.
This is interesting, obviously, in that it seems unlikely that Israeli
correspondents in the United States would have English capabilities so
lacking they required the services of a Dallas strip club operator.
While Ruby's association with these Israeli reporters may have been
completely innocent, what is interesting is that neither the Warren
Commission nor any enterprising JFK researchers (many of whom look
askance at Final Judgment) never tracked down these reporters. Why not?