Skip to main content

tv   Inside Story  Al Jazeera  October 31, 2023 11:30am-12:01pm AST

11:30 am
with some warm sun shines to one or 2 showers, see how them organized brands are framed, making the right to east deposit. if you have slots of dry rabbits, you go in through web stay. and then we're starting to see the arrival of care on making its way in for wednesday nights and the pulse of africa generally try a little bit of wet weather up to follow the west. us the, the latest news as it breaks the minnesota fully enough, as office to a p and quote, for an immediate and to the warning, gaza with detailed coverage. but who said that he added warnings that they would be recommended to cation, if there isn't a resolution to the file, is senior issue from around the world. passionate speeches and intense diplomacy have so far failed to yield unified physician and the security council. feeling the heat of the world garza israel says the funny thing is costing millions
11:31 am
of dollars every day and the devastation in the strip is unprecedented. so what's the real cost to both sides and what's the impact in the region and globally? this is inside the story, the hello and welcome to the program on top of the cry depleted workforce, the closure of schools and businesses. and now spiraling military expenses. economists will and the cost as relevance for on gaza, will be unlike anything it has experienced in decades, as well as declaration of war more than 3 weeks ago, following a surprise attacked by him off his jolted global, financial and energy markets. now, international financial institutions say the ongoing conflict will have bigger most
11:32 am
of the risks for the global economy. we'll be discussing those issues without panel in just a few minutes. but this, this report by car leg a day of today, israel is devastating attacks. keep coming on the siege by se in land because of faces, a humanitarian, an economic catastrophe, is ro escalates its military defensive. the will run. gaza is also heating its own economy. since from us launched is operation more than 3 weeks ago. israel stocks and currency for in many of its businesses and schools remain closed and international airlines have canceled flights. now its government has been forced to roll out to major war time stimulus program that's expected to raise public debt. already 3 credit rating agencies wound israel, credit worthiness could be downgraded with the s and p global ratings. agency
11:33 am
changing its outlook from stable to negative. that hasn't faced this man. israel finance minister, he says he doesn't yet have a full assessment of the cost of the war. after noticing the national budget was no longer relevant. the cost of war is expected to increase. israel is near $500000000000.00 economy is one of the most developed in the middle east. it's expected to contract by 5 percent in the final quarter of the known as the nation. so startups, it's tech industry that accounts for 18 percent of its gdp and hospitable exports is suffering production at a major offshore gas field that's reported to provide 70 percent of the country's energy needs has stopped. and its currency has lost value against the dollar. almost every day for the past 3 weeks, hitting an a t a low with the cost of low at around $246000000.00 per day. the in direct costs are expected to increase exponentially to very difficult situation.
11:34 am
it's of war. uh the people are, uh, lots of people have been prep to the end, the rpm left the job market. there's there on circle t. their concerns uh that reduce people, incentives to invest, post outside money coming to his trial and, and internally us president joe biden has pledged an unprecedented funding package to israel. but the fate of that request rested in the hands of congress. the world bank has also wounds that the global economy. is that a dangerous juncture and facing what it called? real risks? car leg inside story. the, let's bring it analogous now and with to jerusalem is enough. klein, professor of political science about alon university. he is also the author of lives in co common arabs and jews in jerusalem. java and hebron in co chest is
11:35 am
natasha le instead us policy and foreign policy specialist. she is the deputy dean and the department of government at the university of essex and alexandria virginia . is use as many a head of the palestine as ro program and senior fellow at the arabs center will welcome to all of you. thank you for joining us here on inside story. not come. if i could begin with you, 1st of all, we heard that it's costing his route $246000000.00 us dollars a day. how big is the financial burden on israel as it carries out this war of the is riley. ok. war authoration cost a lot. i'm not an expert on security, finding financially shows, but the, they imagine that the whole economy is stop the
11:36 am
10s of thousands of productive people are quoted and the deployed the long, they boulders. so the whole economy is the, in the whole have the, they is really the check and i 0 thing is of the, they already got a dollar. so it's a huge, huge brogdan is around the corner. me what, what was may be a good not to be right, repair all the big, big, big, come back with the initial period. natasha. we've heard economy as well, and uh, it's saying that the cost as well will be unlike anything that is experienced in decades. do you think that the people, the end, the government is prepared to pay for this?
11:37 am
well, in the long term you speaking of the government of israel, yes. i think based on what that in yahoo is that they are incredibly determined and that there's no turning bach. i from what i heard, it's been described as their own 911. if you were to compare, do us spent 2 trillion in the war on terror in response to 911 a. so when there's been a trauma, often governments get behind sometimes incredibly expensive of war efforts to, to, to address the trauma that the public may feel whether that is wrong or right. but that seems to be what has happened in the past. and of course, it has an incredibly detrimental effects on civilian ductile and an escalation. but i can imagine the result is quite strong use if we assume this humanitarian
11:38 am
toll the people and gaza. i've had to have had to be over the last several weeks. but what about, i'm awesome, particularly when we does it get us money from it, and it's, and presumably those are now getting reinforcements into the strip. obviously is not going to have them because of the blockades. and the closure of the board is completely what happens from a mazda is perspective about having to continually defend itself against, as well, from here as well. i think the short answer is, we simply don't know. we don't know where this is going. we don't know how it's going to end. we don't know what the guys are will look like if there, if there is a cause at the end of the is really campaign there. if you listen to, some of the statements from is rarely a official is talking about and i elation talking about making guys a place that is on livable. um it's, it's, it's hard to, to really imagine what, uh, what this place will look like when they are done. we've seen massive bombardment
11:39 am
with a huge percentage of the structures in gaza being decimated. of course this leads to, to large scale the population as well. and there's no clear sense of when the people who lived in those places will be able to go back to their homes and if they will be able to go back to their homes. so we're talking about a, a completely different paradigm than the one that existed prior to october 7th in gaza. which itself was an, a humanitarian crisis to begin with, an extremely desperate situation for most of the people that live there. so it's, it's, it's simply not clear what we do know is that the costs will be extremely high, and those who are the most vulnerable in society will bear the brunt of it.
11:40 am
and not can we know that the us is backed israel wholeheartedly. since the beginning of this war and it gives roughly $3900000000.00 a year. and there is another financial aid packages being proposed by the buttons administration. how dependent is israel on the us when it comes to this war? obviously, today we told him financially, so from a financial point of view, a lot of financial point of view is right. it's about the financial point of view. but also, and the security wise is right, is fully dependent on the 9th. and how do like that space also politically and the and you and the institutions. so is right, kevin miller. so let's say a, this that's itself too far from the united states is riley must get no emergency aid to maintain that war to continue the
11:41 am
war. has is ready, must continue getting us financial aid and police because have a back and got to the uh, the day after the question is when the day after starts, when we called the day after when, when the war and where we need to. and it says fire it really and with is really is about to i think or 2 by 3 or 2, but god street, nobody knows these read is it says that there's really administration has no say good for the day after the finish. and when the day after starts, i want to stick with the united states here for a little bit because i also want to go to all of this. now the bottom administration, i put together a $1500000000.00 national security package that includes military instrumented
11:42 am
tarion assistance for conflicts and you kind as well as ro, uh, it's a said $14300000000.00 of that is for is right. oh. but now that there was a new speaker of the house, natasha, that the republicans are now saying that they will put forward a bill that only focuses on a for israel. how complicated is this a little guessing from a political point of view and getting money to as ro, i think in terms of getting money to israel, because the republicans are so adamant that they do want to support israel. and you see not just the republican of each but republican support for israel and most of the public, it is quite high a. and they're, they're going to ensure that to the aid, the, whatever military aid were giving. well, whatever you praying needs may be up in the air of a to ukraine, is probably not going to be up in there. they're going to try to push that through and you're seeing that there is some conversions here with by and who has been
11:43 am
fairly pro, is really present and asking for 14000000000. and as you mentioned, and the pressure really will be more on what happens in the war and ukraine, as israel starts to need more precision guided munitions, artillery rounds and shells. we're going to come at the same time that ukraine might be needing more sophisticated weapons as well. and whether or not the us can produce both of these for both countries at the same time. it is a no, but i think what we're seeing here with the, the political climate in us with the republicans in control of the house and a more right. mean speaker, mike johnson. and then then even in the past, if that's possible, i guess real would be the priority over a to ukraine. use a few, obviously in the united states and we have seen a shows of solidarity rallies. they have full palestinians, despite the united states. supportive is ro, what is the sense that uh,
11:44 am
in terms of long term and financially backing is riley here. and i think one of the important lessons from what we're seeing here in the united states, in terms of the dwindling support for financing the ukraine war is that americans have become quite tired of supporting and list um military engagements that they don't, don't quite understand why they are taking place or why they are so important. and now, you know, well over a year into the, you know, uh warren ukraine. more and more americans are saying, why are we doing this? why are we spending money on this? and i think, you know, while there is, of course, tremendous political support for is really here in the united states. this is a message that, you know, americans themselves are, are, are not going to want to engage their tax dollars in an open ended way, especially when there is no clear objective. no clear in game insight when it comes
11:45 am
to what israel is doing in, in gaza. and i would say that, you know, we spoke a little bit earlier about some of the costs here and israel's reliance on the united states. you know, the, the as early as for the war and 1967 against multiple states armies. and at that time, of course, they relied on on western arms, but they didn't rely on direct american intervention. and today we see israel, you know, needing effectively to, if not more american aircraft carriers to stave off to non state actors. and so i think israel has become more rely, you know, more and more uh, you know, dependent on the united states today than it's, than it's ever been. and the costs of this are not just going to be economic. they are going to be political costs. and policy costs as well that i think are going to re shaped the way it is rarely policy makers thought about much of their,
11:46 am
of their, you know, security situation and their economic and political relations as well. natasha just briefly. there's obviously going to be an election in the united states next year. how big of part is financial package to israel going to play a part in that election? do you think i and i'm not sure it's going to play a huge part because we see other issues becoming more important, whether it be the fight for democracy. if it's a fight in trunk contest or issues related to inflation or issues related to the border, americans have typically not prioritized a foreign policy issues in, in voting as much as some of these other domestic issues. but we'll have to see how things unfold. i mean, at the moment though much of the international community is asking for a cease fire and very concerned about the plight of an innocent palestinians civilians. the polling data that we're seeing in the us,
11:47 am
it is showing that finding isn't stuck with much of the public. you have even 72 percent of democrats saying that they feel protecting israel is important aspect of american foreign policy and 80 percent of republicans. and only 18 percent of americans thought that is really response has been too harsh. so i think it's possible if the war goes on and becomes very expensive, it could be a drain, there could be some fatigue. but as long as us troops aren't directly involved, i don't see it as being a huge issue in the 2024 election because it'll be overshadowed by other domestic issues, of course. okay, thank you. i want to get back to this point. yeah, of course uses or yeah, because i, i, i, i do think there are complications here, especially when you look at sort of the demographic breakdowns and some of the following on this issue. there are some key demographics that the bite and campaign needs to have strong turn out in particularly younger americans who see the
11:48 am
situation very differently than their, their older counterparts. and i think that this is going to be a real challenge for abiding re election campaign. and add to that of course, an error, but most of them community here in the united states, which is outraged over the, by the administration's approach to this so far. and when you consider how narrow elections are here in the united states, and how key constituencies can make massive differences in very specific states. if, if it becomes a significant problem for a election campaign that relies on a large and diverse coalition, like the democrats tend to do and rely on significant use turn out as well. so while the overall public opinion polling is supportive, when one reads between the lines, there are significant alarm bells,
11:49 am
political alarm bells that should be going off in a bite and campaign headquarters. you know, i want to get back to this sense inside it is right now, knocking. is there a discussion going on in israel at this point in time, consumed over how it will be able to pay for the school within the finance minister . come out and say that this is budget is no longer relevant. the s and p global risings agency is downgraded the economic outlook from staples to negative. is there any discussion about this at all? the only limited discussion there is a growing awareness of the compensation of the the view which amount of money needed to reconstruct. they destroyed the keyboard save and the towns adjacent to god's history they, they are destroyed and add the tools that they of up to ation. of those places, tens of thousands of people know totally it, but they are guys
11:50 am
a street but also getting more as long today's ready to leap in boulder. so the people are living in the business of up to 5. keep them with us in the north, where ask by the government to evacuate that and go to the terrace that the government funds for them. it temporarily. of course, so much of a bad defense how long the war continues, whether the war expands also to the door, say in the 2nd front, openness between these right. but let me add to that that this function and get to where the government, there's really a government performance of very, very poor deal to do from the cause of some reasons.
11:51 am
but, but the, the performance of very, very, for the last few days, there's really copying that pulling the code in the door for the red building g a bit. so they keep a team and those are in south seas, right? so it will take much time as there is really is where the learn wise walking and the i, i don't know how it will end up knowing natasha. we hear the little bit there about a potential us they confront opening what would be the consequences of israel as a force to find his blog in the north as well as him off in the south? well, i think it would be catastrophic, of course, it would be incredibly difficult for this release to have to do this. but if i just worry about the war becoming even more internationalize more is that become more internationalize, of course, have much higher civilian, ductile,
11:52 am
and they go on for much longer. and this would be the last thing that we would need, of course at the moment when we're trying to get a cease fire to attend to the civilian casualties and humanitarian crisis facing gaza, where they're struggling to get to the water and electricity. uh and just basic needs met and if we then get into a 2nd from this will put a strain on any kind of effort to do this. but then we also see that when international actors get involved, the death toll just rises. as i mentioned. yes, uses this obviously the occupied with bank, which is another issue here. obviously people and guys are uh, living uh, a nightmare at this point in time. and this, the financial impact of this for is going to have inside as well. but what about for those palestinians trying to earn a living in the occupied with bank? how difficult is that now?
11:53 am
and we'll continue to be in the future as the as well there's, there are parts of the west bank including in the area, see where some palestinians live, where the economic situation has for many years. been more desperate than the economic situation in gaza, which is something we don't often hear about and can't really wrap our heads around . but of course, the military occupation and in the west bank is debilitating for uh its uh, economic prospects and really deprives billions of dollars worth of economic growth from the policy and economy in the west bank. you know, since october, 7th, things in the west bank of becoming become much, much worse as really settlers who received additional arms from their supporters. india is rarely government. i have carried out numerous attacks against palestinians in the west bank. this is something that has been escalating in recent months and years prior to october 7th,
11:54 am
and there is elevated violence against palestinians now in the west bank with over a 100000 hands that have been killed by their soldiers or settlers since october 7th. this comes at a time where violence against palestinians in the west bank was edits highest point since international organizations like the united nations, have been keeping track of the statistics there on these things. so the situation is extremely volatile. and you know, we talk about the possibility of a, of a northern front. there is, of course, the real possibility that there is massive stabilization in the west bank as well. and we see a spread of this across the entirety of the map. not just, you know, uh, outside of, of israel and palestine, but inside of it as well in the natasha. i'm sure that you've seen some of the huge
11:55 am
protest rallies of a solo derossi's palestinians that had been taking place right around the world. mean, for example, in london we saw hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets. and one of the main things that the cooling for is that you kind of stopped funding, stop supporting israel at how much pressure is coming on. these wisdom governments to pull it supportive as well and what the consequences will that have, do you think? well, there's certainly protests going around around the world, not just one of them, but also in the us as well. so from people upset about the government support of israel and wanting to take a tucker, stan, or beast and trying to pressure is real to, to respond with more restraint in gaza and to get some sort of ceasefire and to a, to attend to, to the needs of innocent civilians, but whether or not that actually results in a policy change, you know,
11:56 am
we've seen there been many protests over complex over time. if you look at the big picture, the only difference, okay, to small changes, courses, counter examples were something actually works for the protest movement is able to influence government. but if you were to look at all of these different episodes of protests and applying pressure on governments, governments ultimately end up doing what they feel they need to do. what is their best interest in these particular moments? mm hm. awesome. we've got a minute or 2 left that i just want to ask you to, to sum up the sense of what it is like the end as well. does it feel like everyone that doesn't really care about how much this boy is going to cost that they're willing to pay whatever price it might be? as long as israel wins would have a winning looks like it. the way that we think looks like, uh, getting great completely from the, from how about how much. so i,
11:57 am
i assumed that this is the cheapest that uh, if i can get 3 of those how much they there is. but how much isn't idea or, and the social welfare institution, or employee in the guy size that the ministration, the drugs, they've got a government agencies, it does a, it would be impossible to, to, to destroy. it wouldn't be a big mistake if it's read the photos last june. your photo seeing the rock, the right thing. go great, great. think it kills him. guys. a really big fire is where it's counter productive is run. must think seriously. do how to cooperate with the guys all know how to destroy the street, but these really back to my mindset. this is implementing good venture. yeah. uh,
11:58 am
fairly danger and frustrated results thinking politically on the day after. okay, thank you so much for your insights. uh, we really do appreciate that all 3 of you coming on the program. now kim cline natasha la instead uses. i mean, i think you so much. well, thank you to for watching it. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website. i'll just share a dot com and to further discussion, go to well facebook page. that's facebook dot com forward slash a j inside story. you can also join the conversation on x l handle is at a inside story. for me. tell mccrae and the whole team here, bye for now the as the situation in gaza estimates, we put a new experts and analysis. this is not
11:59 am
a convention of war between the 2 armies institute through states. this is a symmetric award. these really all means is not purposely so to kill children. unfortunately, children can be the casualties of the all the tests. in real time, we really only taking them to call of the task. this government is mostly to solve to, as you said, to do that there wouldn't be no peace without justice for fast and stay with us for the latest development on a tuesday or a week to look at the world's top business stories from global markets to economies . and a small business sales force and including security around the world. if there's something that the international community your view should be doing to understand how it affects. counting the cost on al jazeera award winning deb investigations give compelling science into
12:00 pm
total storms from asia and the pacific. one o one here on out to 0. the a barrel and you of is riley strikes on dogs. are in the morning following a low overnight prime minister benjamin netanyahu rules the ceasefire. the and the clock. this is out 0 in life and also coming out the house of a senior. i'm not sufficient as play not buys ready forces in the west bank also in the west bank is ready sex lives, increase their attacks on palestinians.

14 Views

info Stream Only

Uploaded by TV Archive on