> 3. It seems to me that co-citing acts of violence and military export
> deals on the one hand with overall economic growth rates on the other
> offers little insight into the logic of capitalist militarization.
> On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:34 PM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> Compare the paltry ten-year average Israeli per capita growth rate of
> just 1% for 1996-2006 and the respectable 2004-2006 average of 5%, and
> we can see that Hamas's unilateral 18-month ceasefire and entry into
> electoral politics has done wonders for Israeli economy...
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If the data encompasses the summer of 2006, then Israel was emphatically not
at peace - at least not on it's northern front.