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Contrary to the popular belief that Israel wants to execute the Palestinians shatters down once the psychological understanding of the Israel-Palestine conflict is analysed. By the end of the article, you would understand the political psyche with which Israel operates. Throughout the article, I shall engage in the economic profitable strands of the conflict. How Palestinians sustains the economy of Israel? Why Israel needs the Israel-Palestine conflict to be sustained rather than be terminated at a mutual agreement? How is Israel-Palestine conflict too profitable to be resolved?
Israel has the second-highest poverty rate within the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),while Mexico leading the list. More than 1.7 million people living in Israel (22 percent of the population) lives in poverty, the National Insurance Institute said in its annual report(2014). The report, based on data gathered by the Central Bureau of Statistics, found that in 2014 1,709,300 people, including 444,900 families and 776,500 children, lived below the poverty line, representing an increase over the year before. The percentage of families living in poverty rose from 18.6% in 2013 to 18.8% in 2014, while poverty among children increased from 30.8% in 2013 to 31% in 2014.
Israel ranks fourth in child poverty in the developed world, a UNICEF report claims (2014). Child poverty in Israel has increased from 35.1 to 35.6 percent, placing it behind Greece (40.5 percent), Latvia (38.2 percent), and Spain (36.3 percent), which warned that “the longer these children remain trapped in the cycle of poverty, the harder it will be for them to escape.” Haaretz reported, while fourth in child poverty, Israel had the highest rate of young adults who are not in education, employment or training, with 30.7 percent.
“Even when unemployment or inactivity decreases, that does not mean that young people are finding stable, reasonably paid jobs. The number of 15-to-24-year-olds in part-time work or who are underemployed has tripled on average in countries more exposed to the recession,” the report said.
The economic crisis in Israel does not end here, rather begins with these figures. Boycott Divestment and Sanction( BDS) , a non-violent movement is gaining its strength around the world. This nonviolent movement for the justice in Israel/Palestine has grown more momentum than Israel could have imagined. Considering the figures, Israel’s concern over BDS is genuine. Israeli financial newspaper reported ,estimating that BDS could cost Israel’s economy $1.4billlion a year. The estimate included exports from the West Bank settlements (occupied territories) and with the EU’s decision to label the occupied territory products by the Israel ( not part of the BDS movement) , The Rand Corporation estimates that the loss could be more than three times higher: $47bn over 10 years.
Israeli aerial and ground forces used white phosphorus bombs to pound several residential areas across the besieged Gaza Strip.
Since 2000, Israel has had military operation lasting a few weeks every few years: Defensive Shield (in the West Bank) in 2002; the Second Lebanon War in 2006; Cast Lead in 2008-09; and Pillar of Defence in 2012, Protective Edge (2014). In almost every case, new military technology or weapons were used – which had a profitable effect on Israel weaponary manufacturing department. In 2002, weaponary exports were worth $2 billion which grew to $3.4 billion in 2006, and were $6 billion in 2012. In 2013, the three largest defence contractors all showed increases in sales: Elbit had annual revenues of $3 billion; IAI $2.65 billion; and Rafael $2 billion.
Let me tell you the ground reality. The Palestinians have become a test and trial population who are being subjected to the testing of heinous weapons being produced by Israel. The psychological camouflage that is sustaining this laboratory testing on Palestinians is the “ existential threat card” being played by Israel. To protect their existence from a home made cheap rockets from Hamas, Israel is deploying its Iron Dome testing on Palestinians.
The local defense industries provide jobs (directly and indirectly) for some 150,000 people in Israel. Haaretz reported that the ministry refuses to reveal the overall figures on Israeli arms exports, but some of the data was revealed last year, after a human-rights activist filed a suit(in 2013) . It transpired that $3.83 billion-worth of deals were signed in 2012 with Asian countries; $1.73 billion with European nations; $1.1 billion with Canada and the United States; $604 million with Latin America; and $107 million in Africa. Israel admitted to sales with only five countries – the United States, Spain, Britain, South Korea and Kenya – but Haaretz has found there were deals with at least 33 more countries, including many in the Third World.
The Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem are rich in oil, gas a shale oil resources, al-Haq claims in its 2015 report, Annexing Energy. If these resources were to be developed, Palestine would be economically self-sufficient and would be free from dependence on international community aids. A large concentration of natural gas was found off the Gaza shoreline. According to the estimation of the British Gas group, the natural reservoir of the Gaza shore is estimated at 1.5 trillion cubic meters, at a net worth of around $4 billion US dollars. British Gas group ,according to the agreement with the Palestinian authorities in 1999 were given the right to dig there and sell the gas .The British company had already set up two gas wells called Gaza Marine 1 and Gaza Marine 2.
However, Israeli regime would intercept anything and everything that becomes the catalyst for economic growth for the Palestinians. Some believe that the various offensive operations that has lead to the massacred of Palestinians have nothing to do with self defence, but is actually all about the natural gas buried beneath the Palestinian land.
Michel Chossudovsky, a Canadian economist, estimated that the amount of gas in Palestine is much more, adding that it could make the future Palestinian state as rich as Kuwait. He further stated, “… from a legal standpoint, the gas reserves belong to Palestine.” adding that “the death of Yasser Arafat, the election of the Hamas government and the ruin of the Palestinian National Authority have enabled Israel to establish de facto control over Gaza’s offshore gas reserves”.
What is of utmost important here is the reflection of the most obvious agenda of crippling any catalyst that would initiate the economic growth of Palestinian. The existence of the Israel-Palestine conflict is a necessity for Israel to raise the profitable monetary bars, making the Palestinian population the test and trial experimental group, on whom the catastrophic weapons died are tested periodically(physically) and the implementation of apartheid system shatters the collective identity(psychologically ).
UAE real estate developer RAK Properties has posted an 82 per cent drop in annual net profit for the second quarter of 2018, with lower sales and higher expenses hitting its earnings.
Revenue from sale of properties stood at Dh2.9m, down from Dh82m in the second quarter of 2017, and the company said it made a Dh14.2m loss on general and administrative expenses during the period.
The company also registered a Dh7.9m loss on cost of revenue – a loss that narrowed from a loss of Dh60m in the second quarter of 2017. The company said it made a Dh55.8m loss on purchase of property and equipment, according to the filing.
RAK Properties share price was down almost 3 per cent to Dh0.65 yesterday, its lowest level since June 27.
RAK Properties is the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah’s biggest property developer. It is building several residential and hospitality projects at present, including the Anantara, Intercontinental and Arjaan by Rotana hotels on the Mina Al Arab island resort and housing schemes Flamingo Villas, Gateway Residence, Bay Residences and Julphar Residences.
Total assets stood at Dh5.3bn as of June 30.
“The company is making significant headway on residential projects both under construction and due to launch over the next year, and we see robust and positive results for the upcoming second half of the year,” RAK Properties’ managing director Mohammed Al Qadi said last week, before the results were posted.
In March RAK Properties appointed Samuel Sidiqi as its new chief executive effective from May 2018.
Institutional investors that hold shares in the company include asset managers such as Blackrock, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisors and TIAA, a pension fund for US teachers.
Defense Asks Prosecution To Turn Over Video Of Times Square SUV AttackerThe man accused of mowing down pedestrians in Times Square last May – killing one and injuring 22 – appeared in court Monday.
Suspect In Times Square Crash Rampage Will Use Mental Illness Defense, Attorney SaysThe driver who killed a tourist and hurt over 20 others in a Times Square sidewalk rampage earlier this year will use mental illness as a defense.
Father Of Victim Killed In Times Square Crash Leaves Emotional Note At Makeshift MemorialA makeshift memorial continues to grow for the 18-year-old woman killed in last week's Times Square crash.
Woman Killed In Times Square Identified As Alyssa Elsman, 18, Of MichiganThe woman who was killed in Times Square by a driver who plowed into pedestrians has been identified.
The marketing behind Godzilla: King of the Monsters has to be one of the coolest promotional campaigns in recent memory. The Monarch Sciences website and social media accounts allow fans to track the new monsters and read up on new scientific findings, making it all immersive and seeming very real. In the latest set of teases, the eerie sounds of Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Rodan are put on full display, giving viewers a sense of the impending dread that is about to hit theaters. The three new teasers are setting up for the main event, which is tomorrow when the second trailer arrives.
The latest Godzilla King of the Monsters tease was released just this morning and it's for Monster Zero, aka King Ghidorah. It's an extremely short video preview that shows off the huge new monster and reveals its low sounding roar. It sounds a lot better on headphones than through laptop or phone speakers, which is much different than Mothra's. The Mothra teaser was released yesterday and the Queen's scream is not something that you want to hear on headphones. It's a high-pitched, ear piercing squeal.
The final Godzilla: King of the Monsters tease is for Rodan, aka The One Born in Fire. Rodan looks terrifying flying across a fiery sky, and the roar is more of a balance between King Ghidorah's and Mothra's. It sounds like a creepy growl that is neither high-pitched or as low as Monster Zero's. The movie looks epic, even in these quick 4-second teasers setting up the second Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer. Director Mike Dougherty recently revealed that the post-production process on the movie is complete and ready for its premiere next year.
Last week, Mike Dougherty was in Tokyo promoting Godzilla: King of the Monsters by giving an awesome new look at all of the monsters. The director shared official concept art as well as some toy prototypes that featured some pretty ridiculous detail. Godzilla was first out of the gate, sporting some bigger toes and longer tail. While it's always cool to see Godzilla, we've seen him a lot, so the main focus was put on Mothra, King Ghidorah, and Rodan, giving fans their best look yet at the newly designed monsters.
Brazil Comic-Con is currently going on, which is where the second Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer will debut. Everything looks huge and epic from the promotional material that has been released so far, but we're all hoping to see a lot more of the monsters in trailer number 2. Hopefully they deliver the monster goods, teasing the massive stars of the movie. The monsters will all meet up on the big screen on May 31st, 2019 but you can check out all of the new monster teases below, thanks to the Monarch Sciences Twitter account.