Washington’s supposedly premier political newsletters besides total and complete Israel Derangement Syndrome. Of all the actual corruption, grift and shady behavior among America’s political class, THIS is what @adamwren and his colleagues decided was worthy of a “counterintelligence” scandal? An American official getting married in Israel and following completely ordinary Israeli wedding customs is not some nefarious influence-peddling scheme. Here’s something Wren, @joekent16jan19, and the thousands of basement-dwellers hyperventilating about this on X might have learned by speaking to literally one Israeli: This is what people do when they get married in Israel. People give MONEY at weddings. Not blenders. Not china sets. Money. Registries aren’t really a thing here. For decades, wedding halls have had giant safes where guests drop envelopes containing checks and cash. The practice is so ubiquitous that Israeli police licensing guidance literally has a section governing the “guest-envelope safe.” In 2004, Ynet reported on a survey that found that 85% of Israelis gave cash or checks as event gifts. And now that money-transfer apps like Bit and PayBox are ubiquitous in Israel, much like Zelle is in the U.S., people send wedding gifts through those instead of carrying around a check or wad of cash. Israeli wedding companies openly advertise services that send guests payment links for Bit and PayBox. Welcome RSVP will literally send guests a WhatsApp message on the wedding day with a link to give their gift. AttendIt gives guests personal payment links after they RSVP. A Bit link for wedding gifts is about as suspicious in Israel as hummus on a Friday morning. Maybe learn something about the country you’re writing about before turning an utterly mundane Israeli wedding custom into a national-security scandal.
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