Jewish News Syndicate; jns.org
“The markets aren’t buying it,” says the Israeli premier regarding claims the government’s planned judicial reform will hurt the country economically.
The State of Israel has successfully completed a major issue of government bonds, raising $2 billion from international institutional investors, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed on Sunday.
Demand for bonds had actually reached over $10 billion, he said during Sunday’s Security Cabinet meeting.
“Of course, this completely contravenes the campaign of fear that the media is leading against the government. This is not only a campaign of fear; it appears they hope that they will not invest here,” said Netanyahu.
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https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-israel-raises-2-billion-in-government-bonds/