“We will increasingly need to adapt to an economy with autarkic characteristics, the word I most hate,” he said, evoking a potential future in which Israel will have to be economically self-sufficient. “There’s no choice. In the coming years, at least, we will have to deal with these attempts to isolate us.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said his country should reduce its dependence on trade with other countries, as the state faces a growing threat of economic sanctions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently said his country should reduce its dependence on trade with other countries, as the state faces a growing threat of economic sanctions.
“We will increasingly need to adapt to an economy with autarkic characteristics, the word I most hate,” he said, evoking a potential future in which Israel will have to be economically self-sufficient. “There’s no choice. In the coming years, at least, we will have to deal with these attempts to isolate us.”
The rare acknowledgement of the diplomatic fallout from Israel’s war in Gaza came as the country presses on with its ground assault of Gaza City. But Israel’s options for navigating economic isolation are more constrained than Netanyahu acknowledges.
The premier’s vision—and other recent speec
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