Members of Kibbutz Hanita near Israel’s northern border are demanding $11 million from Ballet Vision, the Chinese fund that controls 80% of the Hanita Lenses plant, accusing it of refusing to exercise an option to purchase the kibbutz’s remaining shares, according to a lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv District Court.

In a response letter attached to the lawsuit, the Chinese fund said that since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country, making it impossible to carry out the option.

According to the lawsuit, in 2021 the kibbutz sold 74% of Hanita Lenses, which manufactures intraocular lenses for medical use, to Ballet Vision for $35 million. Of that sum, $25 million was paid to kibbutz members, with an additional $10 million injected into the company.

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    21 hours ago

    Not what I said at all. I’m 100% for fighting back against ICE, and although I don’t believe going to war in the middle east is something Canada should do, I do believe in stopping all trade with Israel and treating them like a genocidal, criminal regime. That doesn’t mean we should go to war with them or hope to increase our foreign militarism in general, which is what the OP was saying and what I responded to. Moreover he claimed that somehow a Marxist state would be immune to abusing that power, and yes, that is naive.

    If you don’t understand at this point, best to just move on with our lives. I don’t have any more energy or desire to explain it.

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      I’m 100% for fighting back against ICE

      Oh, so you “have decided that you have the moral clarity to decide who gets attacked in the name of anti-imperialism.” then?

      That doesn’t mean we should go to war with them

      Presumably you also believe we shouldn’t have gone to war with Nazi Germany.

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        19 hours ago

        Are you planning to follow me around this whole thread humping my leg trying to get attention? I get it, you hate liberals. Move on bro.