158: Fleur Hassan-Nahoum: Israel's wartime economy with Trade & Innovation Special Envoy. Coping with wars on seven fronts
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You can help Jonny by buying him a coffee here! I’ve known Israel’s Trade and Innovation Special Envoy, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum for so long. which is why it was a pleasure that she had time to stop by and join me for a chat and a phone-in on my early breakfast show on Talk.  Having moved on from being Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, Fleur now beats the drum for Israel’s famed enterprise as the Startup Nation, but how has the economy adjusted to wartime? Can growth and inward investment be restored? And as Israel faces new military challenges, necessity is proved again to be the mother of invention. There are always secondary uses for technology in civilian life. Are new patents and processes in the offing?  We discuss UK Labour's Foreign Secretary David Lammy and his restoration of funding for UNRWA - then following it up with an arms embargo. My viewers didn’t like it. Also: the threat from the north: Hezbollah - and Israel's displaced population and when they can go home. The war is far from over.  And the hostages: Bring them home now! Jonny Gould's Jewish State is brought you with the support of Dangoor Education and UK Toremet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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