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'We are seeing a massacre in front of our eyes โ it is absolutely inhumane; it is absolutely war crimes; it is arguably, I personally think, likely genocidal according to the legal standards of the 1948 Genocide Convention.'
Inflation is a lot scarier when you fear that today's price rises will permanently undermine your ability to make ends meet. Perhaps this explains why the recent moderate burst of inflation has created seemingly more anxiety than previous inflationary episodes...we're in the midst of a macroeconomic anxiety attack.
Comment: Notably, this has happened at least once before, such as during the protests of July 2023, which were basically over the same issue.
There was also a seemingly unrelated car ramming attack in January 2024, also in Tel Aviv, but this time 'Palestinians' were blamed.
And other protest reports from Israel from the last week or so: