Israel shows why trade sanctions never work

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Trade sanctions don’t work. They hurt ordinary people in your country, the country you are targeting, and boost the regime you dislike.

They are an exercise in performative legislation, intended to signal your disapproval of another government rather than to achieve any practical outcome.

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