US EditionGaza war: Israel facing economic isolation - Netanyahu warns
- On September 15, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged Israel's growing economic isolation amid the nearly two-year war in Gaza at a Jerusalem finance conference.
- This isolation resulted from escalating international pressures, including the European Union's proposed sanctions suspending 32 million Euros and countries reconsidering military ties due to Israel's Gaza offensive.
- Netanyahu blamed shifting European politics, mass Muslim migration, and digital campaigns led by China and Qatar for fueling sanctions and blocking arms imports, forcing Israel toward partial economic self-reliance and indigenous defense industry development.
- He warned that Israel might face circumstances in which its arms industry could be prevented from exporting, and emphasized the need to build up domestic defense manufacturing capabilities, describing this approach as becoming both Athens and a "super-Sparta."
- Netanyahu voiced hope that Israel will eventually break through its economic isolation but cautioned that if restrictions on defense and trade continue, the country will need to develop a more self-reliant economic model.
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With global anger mounting over the nearly two-year war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Israel is facing a “kind of isolation” that could last for years, and has no choice but to stand on its own.
We are Super Sparta: Netanyahu says Israel faces isolation, must shift to self-reliance
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Israel Must Adapt Economy to International Isolation, PM Says
Israel will need to be more self-sufficient as the nation becomes increasingly isolated over the war in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in rare public comments about the impact of the conflict on the country’s international standing.
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