Netanyahu walks back bleak economic forecast, says Israel not 'a wartime economy'

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Netanyahu said Israel's stock market is 'stronger than in the United States' after spreading a gloomy forecast about the Israeli economy in the international arena and saying Israel would have to adopt 'autarkic' characteristics

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Israel's economy strong on Tuesday, doing damage control after comparing Israel's economy to Sparta and urging a shift to a self-reliant economic model a day earlier.