Israel exported $400k in gold to N. Korea, violated UN sanctions, Knesset hearing reveals

Israel has sold gold worth an estimated $400,000 to North Korea, according to the Israeli tax authority – an action which is in defiance of UN Security Council sanctions in place for almost 10 years.

The Knesset Economics Committee ordered a ban Wednesday on exporting luxury goods to North Korea, in compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1718, adopted in 2006 after Pyongyang’s first nuclear test.

At the same Knesset hearing, the export director of the Israel Tax Authority, David Khoury, admitted "there was export of gold, and regretfully [the UN] discovered this and we were required to give explanations," as reported by Israeli news agency Haaretz .... https://www.rt.com