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Gaza 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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By Tal Shalev, CNN With global outrage growing over its nearly two-year war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Israel faces a “kind of isolation” that could last for years, and that it has no choice but to sustain itself. Speaking at a finance ministry conference, Netanyahu said Israel’s economy would have to adapt to “autarkic characteristics,” becoming more self-sufficient and less dependent on foreign trade.…
By Tal Shalev, CNN With global outrage growing over its nearly two-year war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that Israel faces a “kind of isolation” that could last for years, and that it has no choice but to sustain itself. Speaking at a finance ministry conference, Netanyahu said Israel’s economy would have to adapt to “autarkic characteristics,” becoming more self-sufficient and less dependent on foreign trade.…
It is a rare acknowledgement by the Israeli prime minister that his country is facing the threat of sanctions and other measures.
Netanyahu admits Israel faces prolonged ‘isolation’ over war in Gaza
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.
JERUSALEM. Benjamin Netanyahu's grim words about Israel's increasing isolation hit like a bombshell among financiers and investors. "We are isolated. We have to fend for ourselves, and produce what others refuse to sell us," the prime minister said.
We are 'Super Sparta': Netanyahu says Israel faces isolation, must shift to self-reliance
The Prime Minister Said Israel Faces Growing Diplomatic Isolation Due to Muslim Immigration to Europe and Foreign Influence on Social Media, and Called for Self-sufficiency, Major Defense Spending, and Drastic Deregulation, Warning: 'Life Is More Important Than the Law'
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