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The economy of Israel is a highly developed free-market economy. [23] [4] [24] [25] [26] The prosperity of Israel's advanced economy allows the country to have a sophisticated welfare state, a powerful modern military said to possess a nuclear-weapons capability with a full nuclear triad, modern infrastructure rivaling many Western countries, and a high-technology sector competitively on par ...
The West Bank economy has also been hit hard, where tens of thousands of Palestinian laborers lost their jobs in Israel after Oct. 7 and Israeli military raids and checkpoints have hindered movement. The World Bank says the West Bank economy contracted by 25% in the first quarter. In Israel, the war has imposed many economic burdens.
For Israel, 90% of the economic shock will come from indirect effects: reduced investment, slowing productivity growth and labor market disruption. [24] According to the Bank of Israel, Israel’s war-related costs from 2023 to 2025 could end up amounting to $55.6 billion, thereby costing Israel 10% of its economy. [25]
Israel was ranked 19th out of 189 countries on the 2019 UN Human Development Index, indicating "very high" development. It is considered a high-income country by the World Bank. Israel also has a very high life expectancy at birth. It is ranked 4th in UN’s Global happiness index and second in index of young people. [1]
Israel was the top recipient again in 2021, receiving $3.31bn, but amid the Russian invasion, Ukraine took the top spot last year, receiving $12bn to Israel’s $3.18bn for fiscal year 2022.
Why does Biden support Israel so wholeheartedly? Two powerful internal forces drive him. The first is a lifelong understanding of Jewish history and the indispensable role a Jewish state plays in ...
On top of the grievous toll in human life and misery, Israel's war against the Hamas and Hezbollah militant groups has been expensive, and the painfully high financial costs are raising concerns ...
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