Israel
Israel’s economy: A Banana Republic run by monopolies
Israel increasingly resembles an economy captured by monopolies, where a small circle of powerful interests dominates key sectors and ordinary consumers foot the bill.
Two people were killed on Friday during Israeli shelling of the border town of Houla in southern Lebanon, according to Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar.
Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, which rules Gaza
Two people were killed on Friday during Israeli shelling of the border town of Houla in southern Lebanon, according to Hezbollah's television channel Al-Manar.
Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel traded fire across the Lebanon-Israel border earlier on Friday after a week-long truce between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip collapsed.
Hezbollah is an ally of Hamas, which rules Gaza. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israel increasingly resembles an economy captured by monopolies, where a small circle of powerful interests dominates key sectors and ordinary consumers foot the bill.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Wednesday of violating the Gaza ceasefire agreement after a military officer was wounded by an explosive device in Rafah and Israel vowed retaliation.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday met with Hamas political bureau officials in Ankara to discuss the ceasefire in Gaza and advancing the agreement to its second phase, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said.
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