Al Mayadeen English
"Israel's" government has pushed through yet another expansion of its 2025 budget, exposing the spiraling cost of its wars on Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran while ordinary citizens face cuts in public services. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet approved a 30 billion shekel ($8.9 billion) hike on Tuesday, equivalent to 1.5% of GDP. The revision comes only five months after the Knesset passed the original budget, revealing how "Israel's" war machine is consuming national resources at unprecedented speed. Here’s what it’s really costing.
Kit Klarenberg
Tim Anderson
Julia Kassem
US Missiles in the Philippines: A new Cuban Missile Crisis in Asia?
The US has secretly deployed long-range missiles in the Philippines. As Washington dismisses China’s protests, parallels to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis raise urgent questions: Is Asia the next flashpoint for confrontation?
