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Economists Warn Netanyahu on Sanctions Plans · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: We begin today with significant concerns raised over Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu's approach to economic sanctions. A group of 109 economists,
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  Speaker 1: business leaders and former public officials have issued a strong
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  Speaker 1: statement expressing deep anxiety. They warn of irreversible damage to
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  Speaker 1: Israel's economy and potentially leading to an international boycott and isolation,
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  Speaker 1: following remarks by Netanyahu about circumventing banking sanctions using cryptocurrencies.
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  Speaker 1: Signatories include Nobel laureates and prominent figures from academia and
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  Speaker 1: the high-tech sector, who argue the Prime Minister's remarks show
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  Speaker 1: a fundamental lack of understanding of Israel's international standing. Turning
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  Speaker 1: to domestic politics, with elections on the horizon, questions are
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  Speaker 1: being raised about the current political establishment. One analysis criticises
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  Speaker 1: the leadership for failing to enact meaningful change following the
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  Speaker 1: October 7 catastrophe, noting that many of the same leaders
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  Speaker 1: who were in power during the attack remain at the forefront.
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  Speaker 1: In a related security concern, Prime Minister Netanyahu stated in
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  Speaker 1: an interview that Iran and domestic Israeli elements may attempt
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  Speaker 1: to disrupt the upcoming elections, highlighting worries about electoral integrity.
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  Speaker 1: In other political developments, Jewish billionaire Bill Ackman has called
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  Speaker 1: for the exclusion of National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Givia and
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  Speaker 1: Finance Minister Beit Salel Smotrich from any future government. Ackman
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  Speaker 1: stated their statements and actions have caused enormous reputational damage
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  Speaker 1: to Israel, and their exclusion could help rebuild international credibility
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  Speaker 1: and potentially expand the Abraham Accords. Meanwhile, in Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Netanyahu's ongoing trial, Former Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit testified regarding
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  Speaker 1: a wiretap of Netanyahu's confidant, Natan Eshel. Mandelblit stated he
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  Speaker 1: ordered the wiretap halted, expressing concern that investigators had not
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  Speaker 1: sought his approval for such a sensitive operation involving political
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  Speaker 1: and diplomatic matters. Finally, in legal and administrative news, the
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  Speaker 1: High Court of Justice has struck down a petition that
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  Speaker 1: sought to allow children conceived through sperm donation to learn
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  Speaker 1: the identity of their biological father. upholding the current rule
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  Speaker 1: of donor anonymity. Separately, the Ministry of Health has appointed
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  Speaker 1: a public committee to review and potentially expand the health
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  Speaker 1: basket for 2027, with a budget of 650 million shekels
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  Speaker 1: allocated for new drugs and technologies. Also, retired Supreme Court
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  Speaker 1: President Asha Grunies has resigned from the State Investigation Committee
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  Speaker 1: on submarines due to medical reasons. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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