{"id":1563,"date":"2002-08-12T01:05:50","date_gmt":"2002-08-12T06:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2002-08-12T01:05:50","modified_gmt":"2002-08-12T06:05:50","slug":"israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/","title":{"rendered":": Israel Facing Economic Crisis, International Isolation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">\n<tr>\n<td><img><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<p><\/p><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Ha\u2019aretz <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretzdaily.com%2Fhasen%2Fpages%2FShArt.jhtml%3FitemNo%3D192969%26contrassID%3D2%26subContrassID%3D4%26sbSubContrassID%3D0%26listSrc%3DY\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reports<\/a> that even \u201cthe residents of Judea, Samaria and Gaza\u201d (ie the settlers) will be feeling the money pinch. Settlers face fewer income tax breaks in the new budget.  On the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com%2Fnews%3Ftmpl%3Dstory2%26cid%3D540%26ncid%3D736%26e%3D7%26u%3D%2Fap%2F20020803%2Fap_on_re_mi_ea%2Fisrael_missing_entertainers_1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">cultural front<\/a>, everyone from Depeche Mode to Jerry Seinfeld has been cancelling shows in Israel due to fear for the security situation. Zubin Mehta, the director of Israel\u2019s premier orchestra, estimates that over 50% of foreign artists refuse to come to Israel because they\u2019re scared. Organizers nixed even the Tel Aviv film festival this year because nobody wanted to come. Some groups, like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Farticles%2FA18725-2002Jul29.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Belgium\u2019s Rwanda \u201994<\/a>, who were invited to the prestigious Israel Festival this year canceled on principle: they protested Israeli treatment of Palestinians.  Israel\u2019s national soccer team can\u2019t even play its home games in the Land of Zion. The European Soccer Body UEFA in March required Israel\u2019s home games to be played on the island of Cyprus. Israel\u2019s growing isolation has even spread to another front, as several Norwegian supermarkets distinctly label Israeli products so shoppers can decide to support occupation or not.  Finally, an <a href=\"http:\/\/oznik.com%2Fpetitions%2F020407.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Internet petition<\/a> has called on artists and musicians to \u201ccancel all exhibitions and other cultural events that are scheduled to occur in Israel\u201d because \u201cthe art world must speak out against the current Israeli war crimes and atrocities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Shahed Amanullah is editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com.\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israelis face increasing taxes and international cultural isolation, amid a growing economic recession and no end in sight to Palestinian or Israeli bombings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-briefings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>: Israel Facing Economic Crisis, International Isolation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Israelis face increasing taxes and international cultural isolation, amid a growing economic recession and no end in sight to Palestinian or Israeli bombings.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\": Israel Facing Economic Crisis, International Isolation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Israelis face increasing taxes and international cultural isolation, amid a growing economic recession and no end in sight to Palestinian or Israeli bombings.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"altmuslim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2002-08-12T06:05:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shahed Amanullah\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/\",\"name\":\": Israel Facing Economic Crisis, International Isolation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2002-08-12T06:05:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2002-08-12T06:05:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#\/schema\/person\/0e0efbb645cc461c721083358f82f945\"},\"description\":\"Israelis face increasing taxes and international cultural isolation, amid a growing economic recession and no end in sight to Palestinian or Israeli bombings.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/2002\/08\/israel_facing_economic_crisis_international_isolation\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\": Israel Facing Economic Crisis, International Isolation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/altmuslim\/\",\"name\":\"altmuslim\",\"description\":\"Global perspectives on Muslim life, politics &amp; 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