Who made millions from the attack on Israel?

Adolf Goebbels
Published on Dec 9, 2023
In the days before the October 7th attack short selling of Israeli stocks spiked in New York, making someone a lot of money. How likely is it that a Hamas insider was behind it?

00:00 - Pre-war stock market changes
00:33 - What happened to the stocks?
01:03 - Who was behind it?

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