Im Tirzu’s Iranian connection

 ronen Shoval, Im Tirzu’s chairman, claims to be an uber-patriot. So why does he partner with a company dealing with enemy countries?

By Itamar Sha’altiel and Yossi Gurvitz. An earlier version of this report appeared here (Hebrew).

As part of their vendetta against human rights organizations, Im Tirzu published a report, which pretends to investigate the source of those organizations’ funding. It was said before that the whole report is based on Google searches and public statements by the HR organizations themselves; and Google is, indeed, an excellent investigative tool. For instance, Google allows us to find the connection between Ronen Shoval, the chairman of Im Tirzu, and funds originating in enemy countries.

A reader, who prefers to remain anonymous, sent us some links which tell most of the story. Let’s start at the beginning: Ronel Shoval is Director of Strategic Marketing in a company called “Accells,” whose CEO is Eduardo Shoval, Shoval Junior’s father. Accells is a “a contactless network provider, [that] wants to enrich the experience at the POS for consumer and merchant communities.” continua qui