Pictures: The Palatial Home Of A Former Agriprocessors Manager

Hosam Amara is accused of extorting hundreds of thousands of dollars from undocumented Agriprocessors workers, and of raping and sexually abusing some of them. Amara fled indictment by escaping to Israel, allegedly with the help of Sholom Rubashkin. Amara was arrested on March 31 and is now facing extradition to the US. For the first time, here are pictures of Amara's home in Kfar Kana, Israel.

[Hat Tip: Agri-vated Angel.]

Comments

[effie]

More proof that money can't buy you good taste...

[jancsipista]

wow what a house i sure would love to live in it, if i only could i surely would

[A E ANDERSON]

Where are the pix from? What site/newspaper?

[state of disgust]

Can't make out the sign - too fuzzy. Can you blow it up - I mean the sign not the house.

[yidandahalf]

A hideous shit pile inspired by Balmoral and the Bastille.

[Gevezener Chusid]

It is a horrible looking monstrosity - but what's important to these people (and to many Americans as well) is that it look like they spent alot of money on it.

Hosam Amara -- doesn't sound like a Jewish name to me?

[David]

What is the sign about?

[shame on me]

Tacky is as tacky does. The guy should prosecuted for this alone. Gaudy doesn't begin to describe it.

[Dutch]

The sign says its a pharmacy Beit markachat(I think)

[Yochanan Lavie]

Apologies to Simon & Garfunkel:

I'm sittin' in the Egged station
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of desert sands
My suitcase and subpoena in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For an employee of Rubbishcan

chorus:
Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, with my vulgar taste
Home, where the stones are wasted
Home, where the cops lie waiting
Silently for me

Everyday's an endless stream
Of internet and magazines
And Postville looks the same to me
The cattle and the factory
And every lawyer's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be

chorus

At court I'll "sing" my testimony
I'll play the game and be phony
But all my words come back to me
In shades of hypocrisy
My empty nest looks warm to me
I need some cash to set me free

chorus

Silently for me
Silently for me

[state of disgust]

Very good YL.

I wonder where his red Corvette is? I thought he used to park it in the courtyard in front of his house. I also remember hearing he has an elevator in this house.
Nice.

[yidandahalf]

It probably goes way down; the place looks like it would have a dungeon on some hades like lower level.

[Yochanan Lavie]

Thanks, SOD.

[bob]

It's not Kfar Kanna--It's Kafr Kanna--an Arab Christian town near Nazareth, where the New Testament story of water-to-wine was said to have taken place. When I visted there in the late 60s, it was not yet on the national electrical grid--

[What kind of goyishe name is Harold z"l?]

The sign loosely translated says Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu V'Rabeinu sholom mordechai rubashkin Melech Hamoshiach.

[bootsy]

the sign says beit markachat something, which means pharmacy in hebrew. I would venture to say that he doesnt live in the entire building...

[Office of the Chief Rabbi]

Real fine YL.
I heard a new Simon song on the radio the other day. Nice to know some guys just can't rest on their laurels, but keep on keepin' on. Like the Jews.
חג שמח-שבת שלום

[AGRI-vated Angel]

You've still got it, Yochanan~:)

Thanks!

[AGRI-vated Angel]

Shops/stores are located on the ground level of several homes located on the 'main street' of this village.

[Steve]

Why didn't he build another replica of 770?

[Yochanan Lavie]

Thanks, AA, OCR. Chag sameach.

[TheTruthAsItIs]

There is a special place in Hell for this jerk

[smile]

First of all for all those hateful words, you did not know who Hosam was. all you know about him are what some illegal immigrants that worked in the plant had to say about him. why because they were jealous? were they hateful towards him because he was there boss? was Hosam to bossy with them? last time i checked he was a manager that had to run the chicken side of the plant. and let me tell you the plant never ran smoothly if Hosam was absent that day. He was an amazing Manager and was good at his job, I've personally experienced, and observed the way he works and he is the making of an entrepreneur. a great business man who can run a company. You say he had all this money and stole and robbed people? It took him 7 years to build that house. and tell this very day it is still not fully complete. (the comment about there is probably a dungeon in it. fist of all there are no such things as basements in Israel or any underground level of a house. The family lives on the top floor. an all one floor building. the top is simply the roof. Hosam worked from more then 20 hours a day to provide for his families simple needs and saved his money to to build this house not only for him but for his two sons. In the Arab/Muslim custom the father, if he can, builds the house for his sons. Hosam has two sons and provided a house for his family and provided a possibility of continuing to build another living pace on top of his house for his two sons. All these allegations about Hosam Amara, well i cant say if they are true or false but i do know that i see no evidence, come on people are we in high school again where all we listen to is gossip? Every court day where hosam has a hearing the discussion of "where is the evidence," brought up. There is no proof, just he said she said load of bull. He was a manager that was all he did. He job wasn't to hire people or fire them it was for other employes who shall be nameless.
Indeed the pharmacy is the store under the house. A pharmacist rents the space from Hosam's house. it is not his pharmacy. Back to the case, the comments on her really do surprise me, the allegations are coming out as if they knew the guy personally, you don't. He is not Jewish, but he is Arab/Muslim, He is only human, he is a man, a father, and a husband. other then that we can not call his anything else, where we do not know him. The sources on this web site are false. There are not chargers of rape or abuse on his case. those allegations are false. there never was, the sources on this website are absurd, before anyone goes out and starts saying things make sure you have reliable sources that can back you up with proof. Also, Hosam never fled or "Hide" in Israel the raid happened on March 31, Hosam returned with his own daughter in June. that leaves four months were he was in the states. If the US did not want him leaving the country, believing he was a threat, they would have revoked his passport and his wife's passport from them with in those 4 months he was in the stats. I know for a fact they revoked Rubshkins passport and his wives the same week the raid happened? Hosam left a free man and he left the country legally. not hiding or escaping. His daughter went with him to prepare the house and there needs, before the rest of the family came to Irael. While the rest of the family was in Israel they also prepared there belonging leaving the states a month after Hosam and his daughter left. You think the US didn't already know Hosam left the country? Really, The government know everything especially if a wanted man left the country. I would think they would have said something to the remaining family in the states before they returned to Israel, reuniting with Hosam and his daughter, if they really wanted him. So think about that too. This is just bits and pieces of proven fats i would be gladly to provide evidence about and my personal opinion since i do know the family and worked/ lived in the same town as they did. Nothing should be said about Hosam until he is proven guilty or innocent, then everyone should have the right to accuse him of what he did until then, you make yourself seem like an ignorant child, who reads the gossip in news paper. NO Proof NO evidence, NO nothing.

In that case, people really need to grow up, in a case were you know nothing about, its best to stay quiet instead of making yourself look like a fool, because trust me I live, breath, and wake up to this case every single day of my life since it happened.You don;t know what it's like and you don't know Hosam.