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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by hersko on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @10:43PM (#41575210)
Israel has the second highest GDP in the middle east[1].

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Middle_Eastern_countri...

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by neuroelectron on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:17PM (#41575419)
How big is that compared to the amount of financial support they get?
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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by bushbaba on Tuesday September 17, 2024 @11:47PM (#41575580)
Actually quite large. Aid is in the single digit billion/year. GDP is 525 billion. So aid is roughly a percentage point or two. That’s it.
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