By SIMON CONSTABLE
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Photo caption: soldiers in the Gaza Strip 1956
Photo credit: Boris Carmi /Meitar Collection / National Library of Israel / The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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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Tuesday, October 31, 2023
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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Sunday, October 29, 2023
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
Old public domain work, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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
RERUN VAN PELT, CC BY-SA 2.0, VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
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.
Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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