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Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne 20 points 11 months ago

I guarantee you every member of Congress used their classified briefings on Israel to make changes in their stock portfolio, and it's not even illegal.

[–] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

My first exposure to this story implied it might have been western traders, not Hamas.

[–] jarfil 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Western, Eastern, Hamas... a lot of speculative trading is done based on rumors, what better than rumors which actually come true.

[–] cwagner 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.

[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Yes, this was a sharp level of activity.

Given the rumours about Egypt giving a warning 3 days earlier, I don't think Hamas is likely the only potential source or beneficiary of the information.

[–] cwagner 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a link? That would actually be more interesting because it would mean they’d have had advanced knowledge. Which raises "how" and "who".

[–] i_ben_fine@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

No, it was just commentators. They saw "unknown trader" and filled in their own biases.

[–] gribodyr@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How dare you convict the Palestinian rebels!? /s

[–] sxan@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

If you're trying to make a statement about Palestinian sympathizers, you're off the mark. Few people are defending Hamas' attacks, but there are a lot of people criticizing Israel's war crimes.

[–] IsBisexual 1 points 11 months ago

This article title is very misleading (not unexpected given to he source). It is better to read the original study.