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Israel as "a super-Sparta", Netanyahu's autarkic dream that has caused controversy

2025-09-17 22:47:15Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Israel as "a super-Sparta", Netanyahu's autarkic dream that has
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By Enrico Franceschini, La Repubblica

The prime minister used the comparison to respond to those who fear that the Jewish state will become increasingly isolated. Criticism also came from entrepreneurs: We are becoming like North Korea

“We don’t want to become a super-Sparta,” complains an opposition leader. “No Sparta, at this rate we will become North Korea,” replies another parliamentarian. Meanwhile, the stock market plummets, the lei (Israeli lek) loses value against the dollar, and entrepreneurs and unions protest.

Benjamin Netanyahu's words have caused a wave of controversy in Israel.

“We need to have a more autarkic economy,” the prime minister said Monday, discussing the Jewish state’s growing international isolation in the wake of the war in Gaza. “We’re going to be Athens and a super-Sparta,” he added, “we have no choice.” But many in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv say there is a choice, accusing him of leading the country into a downward spiral.

Entrepreneurs' protest

"We are not Sparta, the government must stop this war and call early elections. As long as Netanyahu is in power, we are heading towards a dangerous and unprecedented crisis," declares the Israel Business Forum, a group of 200 entrepreneurs and CEOs of important companies in the high-tech sector, the main engine of the Israeli economy.

“Our economy is showing resilience in the face of a critical situation, but this cannot last indefinitely,” says the business community. “The government must immediately change course in the interests of the citizens, urgently promote an end to the longest war in Israeli history, secure the release of hostages, announce a commission of inquiry into October 7 (the Hamas attack in southern Israel two years ago), and set a date for elections in the near future. We are marching towards a precipice that threatens Israel’s very existence.”

Similar reaction from Arnon Bar-David, president of the Histadrut, the largest Israeli trade union.

“Our society is exhausted. Our position in the world is deplorable. We don’t want to be Sparta. We want to live in a country that creates a future for its children. Netanyahu is leading us towards disaster. We must commit to growing the economy and guaranteeing peace.”

The opposition also reacted

"Taking Sparta as an example is a terrible comparison. Israel's isolation is not fate, but the result of the prime minister's wrong and failed choices," wrote Yair Lapid, one of the opposition leaders in parliament, in X.

While General Yair Golan, head of the Democratic Party, said: Netanyahu wants permanent war, he is willing to sacrifice the nation, the economy and our relations with the world.

"North Korea, we are becoming like you!" added MP Rem Barak.


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