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One thing. IF the government accepts current Hamas terms, without any guarantee about the quantity of living hostages to be released, and by releasing a majority of terrorists ready to follow in Sinwar's footsteps (and probably worse)... it would simply mean accepting Hamas to return, restrengthen and regain governance over Gaza.

Personally I was hoping to see this political division directed against Netanyahu gaining less importance, after the remarkable progress in destroying Hamas & Co, weakening Hezbollah and IRCG capacities...

THE MAIN OBSTACLE to getting the hostages back is not the government but HAMAS. Netanyahu is no saint but in recent months he's shown the Arabs a clear message not to mess with Israël. Violence seems to be the main language for them. We all want to stop the war but in this case, it's a matter of survival or extinction of Israel as an independent nation, a country, which has to be the only safe place for Jews. Unity is indispensable for survival of any group.

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Could you please give annualized inflation numbers? For example, 0.5% for a month is 6.2% annualized, is the 3.9% figure given for the first ten months of the year, or is it an annualized figure, is 3.5% for footwear a monthly increase (51% annualized), etc…

Thanks.

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