Constable Confidential: U.S. Refuses To Offer Passports to Non-American Hostages Held in Gaza

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

Ben Weinthal joins Constable Confidential from Jerusalem to discuss his recent story about lobby groups urging the U.S. and other countries to give hostages held in Gaza citizenship.

So far, no country is offering such potential refuge.

Photo caption: Great Britain: The children of Polish Jews from the region between Germany and Poland on their arrival in London on the "Warsaw".

Photo credit: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-S69279 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Constable Confidential: Reform UK's Ben Habib weighs in on the Israel-Hamas conflict and explains how the Tory Party dropped the ball on Brexit

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Photo Credit: אלכס אגור / . Tanks of the 14th Brigade advancing on the Crimson Axis (south of Abu Aguila). 

Location - Sinai Desert (Crimson Axis). This file contains content and released by the IDF Spokespersons Unit.

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Forbes.com: Bad Weather And War Could Send Wheat Prices Skyrocketing

By SIMON CONSTABLE

It’s gonna get rough for wheat farmers and buyers this year. Suboptimal weather across key growing areas and potential disruptions emanating from the war in the Middle east are to blame. Read more here.

Harvest Time in Romania 

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Forbes.com: Scotland’s Latest Energy Idiocy

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Scotland’s government is at it again: Meddling with its absurd energy policies.

This time the ruling Scottish National Party wants to sell energy to Europe. It looks like a bright idea on the surface, that is until you look under the hood. Read more here.

North Sea Oil Rig 

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Forbes.com: What’s It Take For Economists To Forecast U.S. Recessions Accurately?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Getting a job as a Wall Street economist is supposed to require great skill. But apparently that skill doesn’t mean developing the ability to forecast big events like recessions.

A year and a half after the ‘recession call’ started and we still have no recession. In fact, the U.S. is now growing faster than it has in ages. It flies in the face of the collective message from Wall Street. And that has me wondering what’s up. Read more here.

Gottscho-Schleisner Inc., photographer, 

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#France: Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron stand side by side with Jerusalem. @BatchelorShow @RealConstable

By SIMON CONSTABLE 

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Constable Confidential: Iranians Have Long Endured No Legal Protections Publish

By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, 

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