Israel Goes Cashless

A few days ago, a new initiative promoted by Prime Minister Netanyahu was announced – removing 200 shekel bills from circulation, as a first step to abolish cash altogether within a few years.

The official excuse? fighting financial crimes and black money in the Arab society.

As expected, this move – identical to India’s move in 2016 – will cause further destabilisation of Israel’s economy and of its citizens’ physical and mental states. A derivative of this economical shake up will ripple into Gaza who is relying on the Israeli shekel as its currency, and clearly, its population is heavily reliant on cash.

So let’s break it down.

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