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.
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the conscription law, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, in his weekly Shabbat sermon, noted, "If they force us to go to the army - we will all go abroad".
'We will all go abroad' © Mena Today
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the conscription law, Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, in his weekly Shabbat sermon, noted, "If they force us to go to the army - we will all go abroad. We will buy tickets. All these secularists who don't understand this, they need to understand that without the Torah, without the Yeshiva - there would be no existence, there would be no success for the army. The soldiers are successful because of the Torah."
Israel increasingly resembles an economy captured by monopolies, where a small circle of powerful interests dominates key sectors and ordinary consumers foot the bill.
The Christian community of Damascus, still mourning a suicide bombing that killed 25 people in June, is celebrating Christmas under heavy security as uncertainty looms over Syria’s political future.
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.
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