Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

The real reason Israel’s economy is slipping toward recession

MAZAL MUALEM for Al-Monitor While recent figures indicate that the Israeli economy is heading toward a recession, are politicians suppressing the connection between the economy and the diplomatic stalemate?

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