WHO IS DAN GERTLER?

Israeli businessman Dan Gertler stands out as a central figure in the exploitation and control of minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo - raking in $200,000 daily from his operations in the DRC. Those profits allegedly go towards the construction of apartheid-imposing walls in the West Bank. His family’s legacy is rooted in diamond exploitation on the African continent during the colonial era, and Gertler followed in their footsteps. His business grew massively thanks to 👉🏾unscrupulous deals with DRC’s former ruling Kabila dynasty👈🏾. He’s been heavily sanctioned by the US government, but the 👉🏾Biden administration is now looking to soften the restrictions to give him a chance to sell up and get out of Africa👈🏾 - and thereby ‘demonstrate’ that it's stick can be wielded with effect.