my amazing and disturbing experiences in israel
My name is Joe Cortina. I am a retired Florida businessman who has done substantial world traveling; some purely as a ‘tourist’ and, some in areas shall I say, ‘nothing to do with vacationing’.
I am a former airborne special operations commander and have done intelligence investigator work for over 15years – some of it overseas – mostly in Central America – but also in the Mid-East. My political posture is ‘conservative’ and my religious values are Christian.
Exposing lies and revealing the truth was what I did professionally for a long time.
I have hunted REAL terrorists in jungles with Salvadorian Rangers and Marines – so I am not a stranger to dangerous environments and am familiar with basic protocols of civilized conduct regarding civilians and the military – something that the Israelis do not consider applicable to them.
For anyone wishing to challenge my credibility – I am willing to show credentials. I have a flawless civic record, an honorable military record and have never committed a crime nor ever been accused of such. I am mentioned as my father’s son in the registry – ‘PIONEER FLORIDA’.
My grandfather was a pioneer in Florida in the most literal sense, and my father was a respected businessman and foreign diplomat.
I was invited to Israel by a former military comrade who attained a substantial rank and subsequently ended up as the ranking military attache’ from our govt., to the Israeli military (IDF). I went places and saw things only a hand full of ‘private sector’ Americans will EVER experience.
My ‘specially authorized’ trips included Gaza City, Hebron and areas of militarily protected Israeli ‘settlements’. I will touch on only a few of what I considered the most revealing experiences. I can’t stress this enough.
What I write here is but a tear in a sea of misery, that I witnessed.
