Wikileaks: Israelis demanded bribes to process American goods at Karni

A Wikileaks cable charges that Israeli officials demanded as much as 75 times the normal cost to allow US goods to transit the Karni crossing point into Gaza. The cable reads: "The normal cost of shipping cargo is USD 600-650...and the standard processing fee at Karni is NIS 370...[Coca Cola distributor Joerg] Hartmann alleged that he has been asked to pay as much as NIS 13,000-15,000 per