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Topic: defence-spending

A bank building at Zion Square in West Jerusalem

Sunday, 8/23, 09:39 AM

Israel's national debt has risen by a third since October 2023

Debt has gone from about 1.07 trillion shekels before the war to around 1.4 trillion now.
Defence has grown from 5.2 percent of GDP to more than 8.
Tax receipts rose 12 percent last year, and one economist quoted says the trajectory is unsustainable.

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