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Netanyahu Acknowledges Isolation, Calls for Domestic Arms Production and Influence Operations
- 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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Leaning Left16Leaning Right17Center14Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Right
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36% Right
L 34%
C 30%
R 36%
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