PODCAST: Why This Recession is Different

Gaza Needs Over $71BN In Next Decade If Enclave Hopes To Recover: New UN Report More than $71 billion will be required over the next decade to recover and rebuild Gaza following the brutal Israel-Hamas war, according to a new report. Hamas leadership has been largely decimated, though the group has yet to be completely disarmed, and there are still calls within the Israeli government among some hawkish officials to simply conquer and promote Jewish settlement of the whole territory. In their final Gaza Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) which was...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that the US “seems to be on a path” toward deploying troops to Iran, comments he made after a classified briefing for members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. “We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any […]

Iran Ceasefire Allows For Netanyahu's Corruption Trial To Finally Resume Israel is lifting its state of emergency given that the Iran ceasefire appears to be holding, and with that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial will resume in the coming days, according to Reuters. "With the lifting of the state of emergency and the return of the judicial system to work, hearings will resume as usual," a statement from the Israeli courts confirms. via AFP Hearings are scheduled to take place from Sunday through Wednesday. Of course, the fragile truce could collapse...