Kernow Damo
Israel Hit With A MASSIVE Thailand Problem - And It’s Getting Worse!
Right, so Thailand’s conflict with Israel-linked activity has escalated. Protests over Israeli tourists have been building for months, locals have become increasingly angry, and Phuket’s streets have echoed with calls for Israel to leave. But now the row has moved beyond the street and into building inspections, business investigations and land-ownership checks, because nothing quite sets the alarm bells off like Israel and land procurement these days does it? Officials have rummaged through the Israeli Chabad House in Patong and, shocker, found the place looks about as much like the approved plans on file as a Picasso painting looks like a passport photo. And it’s not just a case of flagging up a small rear extension either, this has now literally just exploded has now mutated into a hunt for shady shell companies, phantom licences, mystery imports, financial wizardry, and a suspicious breadcrumb trail of Israeli-linked land grabs all across southern Thailand. Now all of this may surprise some people who still think of Thailand as simply an easy-going holiday destination with no stake in Israeli politics. But in Phuket, Israel’s war on Gaza, a highly visible Israeli tourist presence and local disputes involving visitors and businesses have pushed the issue to breaking point. Protests, placards and some residents voicing fears that Israeli-linked activity is more than just another tourist market. They see it as a question of local space, local rules and whether outsiders – particularly given Israel’s love a good land grab in Palestine - are beginning to act as if Phuket exists for them too.
