Moshe Redman is one of the people most identified with the protest once morest the government. 9 months ago, he opened a paybox and raised more than NIS 100,000 for L., a demonstrator who was injured. However, tens of thousands of shekels of the money raised – were transferred to the coffers of a private company owned by him. In an investigation that was broadcast this evening (Thursday) on the “Main Edition” L. said: “You no longer see who paid or who withdrew the money. People ask: ‘Did the money reach its destination?'”
Redman, who does not know L. at all, did not ask her if she needed money and how much. He also did not inform her that he had opened a cash register. And the money – went into his paybox, not hers. L. told News 12: “They bring me his phone number and he tells me: ‘I will make sure to transfer 15 thousand shekels to you.'” According to her, she asked him to state that NIS 15,000 had been received and that the balance had nothing to do with her and was not her responsibility.
L., a protest activist who was injured in the demonstration Photo: News 12
“People there ask: ‘Did the money reach its destination?'”
A little more than 100,000 shekels were collected, only 15,000 of which were transferred to L. Despite this, the explanation for the purpose of the donation in the paybox has not changed, until today. The public continues to donate for her to the fund that he made a few months ago, unusually, completely anonymous. “You can no longer see who paid or who withdrew the money,” said L. “People there ask: ‘Did the money reach its destination?'”
The donation group founded by Redman Photo: News 12 The public continues to contribute to the fund which, unusually, has become completely anonymous Photo: News 12
Redman also assured L that the money that continues to accumulate in the cash register will be transferred to more injured people. Nine months have passed since then and more injured have not received money from the coffers. In a conversation with L. Redman he claimed: “We also transferred to Jordan Man and we transferred to him with the eye.”
A News 12 investigation revealed that “the one with the eye”, pilot Udi Uri, did not receive a shekel from the fundraiser, nor did any other eye-injured person. And Jordan Man, the one once morest whom a controversial indictment was filed for assaulting Minister Eidit Silman – Redman donated a thousand shekels to her, in his name, from his personal account, and not from L’s coffers.
Udi Uri who was wounded in the eye by an olive branch | Photo: News 12 Jordan Man, archive | Photo: according to Section 27 A
“All these messages remain unanswered”
L. continues to undergo physical therapy treatments even today. The coverage from the fund ended and a few weeks ago she contacted Redman, asking if there were NIS 5,000 left for her treatments in the fund, the one that still bears her name. She sent him the first message on March 11: “Hey, I need your help.” Two days later she sent another message: “Hey, I’m dropping you off once more as a reminder.” On March 14, she wrote to him: “Hey, I’d really appreciate help on the subject. Sorry if I’m digging, but it’s essential.” And on March 17, she sent him another message: “Hey, good morning, I’d appreciate your help.” L. emphasized that “all these messages remain unanswered”
The messages she sent to Moshe Redman Photo: News 12 So where is the money? A News 12 investigation shows that this is how Redman acted
- To bypass the Paybox limits, he turns to five different friends and asks to transfer the money to their Paybox accounts.
- Thus, NIS 84,000 comes out of the cash register.
- This money is transferred to Redman’s private bank account, without anyone knowing regarding it.
- After a short period of time, he transfers NIS 54,000 of the donations to a private company that he himself founded a few months before.
- Since then the money has been sitting in his company’s coffers.
Attorney Gonen Yitzhak, a prominent protest activist once morest the government, clarified that “We are in this protest first of all because we are calling for proper and honest conduct and transparency, and this case unfortunately does not show any of these things.” According to him, “Redman made a very serious foul.”
Moshe Redman, archive Photo: Gili Yaari, Flash 90
About his financial conduct, Redman said: “We said in advance that more money was raised and it will be raised for the next wounded.” When asked how the amount is allocated and who decides, he replied: “We paid some to the professionals, some we transferred to her, basically for what she asked for.” According to him, the money did not go into his account, but into the Paybox account: “No one withdrew it from the Paybox”.
Redman withdrew the money – first to his private account and from there to his private company. In recent months, he defined zero transparency for the Paybox fund, it is impossible to know what happens with the money: “It’s money that people donated, you want to be the most careful in the world with it”
Redman raised a lot of donations and investments in the last year based on his popularity in the protest, but he decides on his own to whom to distribute and when, as he sees fit, as if it were his own money and sometimes, as it turns out, he does not distribute at all, and donations raised for an injured brain find themselves going into a company account that he stands at its head.
Moshe Redman said in response: The money was intended to help an injured demonstrator who was in distress. All funds have been or will be transferred for the benefit of the protest. I’m sorry that due to the fact that I refused to support that protester in a political race, an attempted blackmail was sewn here.
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