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Israel borrowing increased sharply, as well as the rates

Israel has borrowed billions of dollars in recent weeks in privately negotiated deals to help finance its war against Hamas. However, the service costs of these loans are sky-high.

Since October 7, Israel has raised more than $6 billion from international investors, FT reported.

This includes three new bond issues worth $5.1 billion and six additional issues of existing dollar- and euro-denominated bonds, as well as more than $1 billion in fundraising through a unnamed US-based organization.

Israel's two public dollar bond issues pay coupons of 6.25% and 6.5% on the bonds, maturing in four and eight years.

This is much higher than the benchmark US Treasury bond yield, which hovered between 4.5% and 4.7% when the bonds were issued.

Israel's economic outlook is deteriorating rapidly.

JPMorgan said this week it expects Israel's budget deficit to rise to 4.5% next year, up from a previous forecast of 2.9%.

That could push the ratio of public debt to GDP to about 63% by the end of next year, up from 57.4% before the war, the bank said.

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For the avoidance of doubt, I am a strong believer in the peaceful coexistence of:
-Christianity
-Islam
-Judaism
-And more
I believe the real obstacles to peaceful coexistence are rooted in imperialism and colonialism, and NOT in any of these religions. They are then repackaged as "religious extremism", which does exist, but the root of its power and following can ALWAYS be found in imperialism and colonialism.

Robin

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THE REAL TRANSLATION OF THE HIPPOCRATIC OATH:
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“I will apply DIETETIC and LIFESTYLE measures to help the sick to my best ability and judgment; I will protect them from harm and injustice.”
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Hippocrates (460-370 BC).

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Paying attention: Hippocratic and Asklepian approaches | Advances in Psychiatric Treatment | Cambridge Core

"The article articulates the contrast between the detached attention of the scientist and the engaged attention of the artist in terms of two traditions of medicine: Hippocratic and Asklepian. It argues that it is possible to combine these and that the ways in which an informed viewer looks at paintings or listener listens to music can be models for this sort of attention..

.."A common suggestion has been that the arts and humanities can offer a kind of understanding of human behaviour – often called ‘narrative understanding’ – that represents an alternative to the scientific or causal explanation of the kind commonly used in psychiatry (Reference Evans and FinlayEvans 2001). The claim is that this kind of understanding – the kind that comes from following an unfolding story – might at least complement the scientific explanation of behaviour and sometimes indeed might bring about an improvement in a patient’s condition (Reference Saunders and MacnaughtonSaunders 2005).

"The temples of Asklepios, which were the centres of healing, contained harmless serpents (coluber longissima). It was thought to be the mystical hypnotic gaze of the serpent that was healing and the fact that serpents change their skin was also symbolic. Moreover, the atmosphere of the temple and the quiet repose and dreams of the patients were important in the healing process, for the healing comes from within the patient (Reference Mitchell-BoyaskMitchell-Boyask 2008). There is an important contrast here with the Hippocratic tradition of modern medicine where the emphasis is on external intervention...

"An approach of this kind is not manipulative and does not threaten the patient’s integrity. It can be seen in religious terms – as suggested by the location of the treatment in temples – but a religious interpretation is not essential, as I shall suggest later. Rather, healing derives from the careful application of knowledge while constantly attending to the patient..

..Asklepian diagnostic skills

"Turning now to diagnostic skills, we can agree that they are mainly the prerogative of what I am calling the ‘Hippocratic approach’ of modern medicine. Diagnostic skills involve knowledge of the whole battery of evidence-based tests, scans and techniques.. Critics will argue that such tests omit the human element in the consultation and that the human element is especially important.. How is that to be covered? A common reply is that what is not covered by contemporary Hippocratic techniques of diagnosis is covered by a term that has become the ‘Japanese knotweed’ of medical terminology – empathy. The idea is that while Hippocratic medicine may provide explanations of the patient’s behaviour, it is empathy that provides understanding.

Coexisting approaches to medicine

"I am maintaining that the Hippocratic or scientific attitude is compatible with the special attention of the Asklepian attitude. But how can both exist simultaneously? How can a patient at one and the same time be observed with detached scientific attention and the engaged attention of the Asklepian attitude? The answer is that there seems to be a problem here only if we think of the situation in terms of a misleading image. If we interpret the attentive gaze.. as being like that of a searchlight that is either on or off then we might think that there is a problem. But a better image (to continue with lighting) is of the varied and coloured lighting of a nightclub. Human beings can switch between a range of technical attitudes and a number of human attitudes. It is this facility that makes it possible for the professional–patient relationship to be both technical and human, or Hippocratic and Asklepian. This is difficult to achieve – it requires experience and maturity. But exposure to two arts other than literature may assist with the identification of the relevant kind of engaged attention, and provide some practice in developing it.

Painting
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"One way of identifying this kind of attention is to take the example of the attention we give to a painting, or even the attention that an artist might give to a person or landscape, or to a tree that the artist was about to paint (as in the Buber example). As some readers will be aware, JAMA publishes prints of paintings on its front cover. Therese Southgate, who was Deputy Editor of JAMA, writes about the relevance of painting to the practice of medicine. In the preface to The Art of JAMA, she writes of her belief that deep affinities exist between medicine and the visual arts (Reference SouthgateSouthgate 1997).

Music

"Perhaps an analogy from a different kind of art might reinforce the point I wish to make. A musician giving a performance must concentrate on, give full and engaged attention to, the music. A successful performance may evoke emotions in an audience, but the performer must remain in control of whatever feelings he or she may have, otherwise he or she might lose the place in the music. The attention, the listening with both the physical ear and the inner ear, takes precedence over any emotion. In a similar way, the attending psychiatrist directs his/her gaze towards the patient and is totally receptive to what the patient is communicating. This way of learning what the patient needs is both more effective and more humane than imposing structured interviews from the outside. It is in terms of this analogy from the arts of painting and music that I am interpreting the Asklepian notion of the healer’s hypnotic gaze.

Conclusions

"The scientific (Hippocratic) model of explanation is dominant.. The humane or Asklepian aspects.. – the attempts to understand – are often thought to be covered by ‘communication skills’ and ‘empathy’. But communication, if it is not to become a crude manipulative technique, must be creative and individualised. Furthermore, what is valid in the idea of empathy is better seen as attention to meaning in the patient’s narrative. Of central importance to the whole process of.. consultation is a certain kind of engaged attention characteristic of the Asklepian approach. It is illustrated in the engaged attention that can be given to a painting or to a musician in performance. This kind of attention is compatible with a scientific approach to the patient."

Robin Downie

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/advances-in-psychiatric-treatment/article/paying-attention-hippocratic-and-asklepian-approaches/01A105B1E4F1B3812B02FBBD379F6824

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"The temples of Asklepios, which were the centres of healing, contained harmless serpents (coluber longissima). It was thought to be the mystical hypnotic gaze of the serpent that was healing and the fact that serpents change their skin was also symbolic. Moreover, the atmosphere of the temple and the quiet repose and dreams of the patients were important in the healing process, for the healing comes from within the patient (Reference Mitchell-BoyaskMitchell-Boyask 2008). There is an important contrast here with the Hippocratic tradition of modern medicine where the emphasis is on external intervention."

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"The temples of Asklepios, which were the centres of healing, contained harmless serpents (coluber longissima). It was thought to be the mystical hypnotic gaze of the serpent that was healing and the fact that serpents change their skin was also symbolic.…
The contrast between how the traditions of Asklepian and Hippocratic healing manifested themselves in the evolution of modern medicine are the theme of our feature fiction film THE BOOK OF VISION with Charles Dance & Terrence Malick as Executive Producer.

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Oh by the way, THE BOOK OF VISION which I decided to produce, is co-written by a deeply Jewish writer, and directed by the same deeply Jewish film director, and co-produced by me as a Christian. Prior to this I was associate producer to a film directed by an Iranian director Amir Naderi. All these are examples of collaborations between Christians, Jews, and Muslims.

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Avi Shlaim says he has 'proof of Zionist involvement' in 1950s attack on Iraqi Jews

'British-Israeli historian claims in new memoir that Mossad carried out bombings to drive Jews out of Iraq and hasten their transfer to Israel'

"British-Israeli historian Avi Shlaim has claimed in his new book to have uncovered "undeniable proof" of Israeli involvement in attacks on Jewish communities in Iraq in the early 1950s.

Shlaim's autobiography, Three Worlds: Memoirs of an Arab-Jew, which details his childhood as an Iraqi Jew and subsequent exile to Israel, was published last week.

According to a review of the memoir printed on Saturday in the Spectator magazine, Shlaim unveils in his book "undeniable proof of Zionist involvement in the terrorist attacks" which prompted a mass exodus of Jews from Iraq between 1950 and 1951"

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/avi-shlaim-proof-israel-zionist-involvement-iraq-jews-attacks
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UK Is Sending Its Police to Train in Israel: Here’s Why It Should Bother You [2017]

'It is curious that the United Kingdom would want to learn police tactics from an occupying force that suppresses its local population.'

"Israeli tactics have resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians, including a host of children. Even at the time of this article’s publication, Israel’s latest crackdown has killed at least three Palestinians and injured hundreds more.

People who refuse to condemn or criticize Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian people are completely unaware that they, too, will be on the receiving end of such barbaric treatment in the near future."

http://www.renegadetribune.com/uk-sending-police-train-israel-heres-bother/

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UK GOVERNMENT BLOCKS MP QUESTIONS ABOUT GAZA-RELATED ACTIVITY AT ITS CYPRUS BASE

"Exclusive: Ministry of Defence takes extraordinary step of censoring all requests for information by MPs about RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus, which Declassified has reported is facilitating arms supplies to Israel’s war on Gaza.

-MP whose questions were blocked tells Declassified: “This is totally unacceptable in a democracy”

-RAF sent A400M military transport aircraft from Cyprus base to Tel Aviv this morning

-Britain’s Cyprus base has secretly become international military hub supporting Israel’s bombing of Gaza."

https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-government-blocks-mp-questions-about-gaza-related-activity-at-its-cyprus-base/

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⚡️🇷🇺🇵🇸SOVEREIGN PALESTINIAN STATE NEEDED (00:45) declares Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as he demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza and push toward creation of country that will:
coexist in peace and security with Israel and with all its other neighbors (00:58).


Lavrov’s hosting urgent meeting in Moscow with foreign ministers of Arab nations including Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt.

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On last night's show David Kurten followed up on his YouTube video on how he was offered, and bravely refused, money with the pre-condition that his party fully supported the state of Israel.

How many others on 'the right' haven't shared his principles?
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"NEW: The singer Charlotte Church will perform at the national march for Palestine in Cardiff this weekend.

The protest calling for a ceasefire, expected to be the biggest pro-Palestine demonstration ever seen in Wales, will be in Cardiff Central Square at 1pm this Saturday."

Voice.Wales X

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The time lag between "conspiracy theory" to fact has now been reduced to a few weeks.

The point here is to control who extracts and supplies the gas and to who, how much, and for how much.

U.S. President Joe Biden's energy security advisor is visiting Israel to discuss potential economic revitalization plans for Gaza centered around undeveloped offshore natural gas fields
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-11-20/ty-article/.premium/u-s-to-push-israel-to-allow-gaza-offshore-gas-reserves-to-revitalize-palestinian-economy/0000018b-ed90-ddc3-afdb-fdd1ff250000

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Christians In Israel:

"A powerful image from the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem taken by the prominent Armenian photographer Garo NalbandIan. Armenian priests standing in front of the tractor that destroyed the wall of the Armenian Seminary."

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'Christian Church Heads Warn of Potential Erasure of Jerusalem’s Armenian Community Due to Contested Land Deal'

"The heads of the Christian Churches in Jerusalem have issued a rare joint appeal, expressing concern about a disputed land deal that could potentially erase the centuries-old presence of the Armenian community in the Old City. The Armenian community has its own district within the ancient city, which was outlined by Ottoman rulers and is the smallest of the four quarters, alongside the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian neighbourhoods."

https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/11/21/christian-church-heads-warn-of-potential-erasure-of-jerusalems-armenian-community-due-to-contested-land-deal/

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"Abu Toha had been writing in the New Yorker magazine about his experiences under bombardment in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. A collection of his poetry published in English in the US was a finalist in the National Book Critics Circle award and won an American Book award this year."

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After Mosques, Israel now bombs Christian Churches.

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