The Take: How long can Israel afford its war on Gaza?
As its assault on Gaza continues, what’s the economic cost for Israel?
Tourism is down, many businesses are empty and the economic costs of Israel’s war on Gaza are mounting. With a $15bn increased war budget and military spending reaching new heights under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, how long can Israel’s economy withstand the fight?
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Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Ashish Malhotra and Negin Owliaei with our host Malika Bilal. Fahrinisa Campana fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik, and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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