War Profits
2025
2025-09-18 During an interview, the Israeli Minister said Gaza would be a “real-estate bonanza” after the war. An article quoted Smotrich saying he started negotiations with the US on how to divide Gaza, claiming there was a business plan sitting on Trump’s desk, and declaring the “demolition phase” was complete.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/18/middleeast/israel-smotrich-gaza-land-intl
2026 January
2026-01-28 New York city comptroller Mark Levine encouraged people to reinvest the city’s pension funds in Israeli bonds. In response, protestors stated, “Levine says it’s profitable to invest in the Israeli bonds. He says that they are solid investments with high returns. It’s not surprising that a war economy is profitable. That’s what Israel’s economy is. It’s a war economy. That’s why there is high yields. But buying these bonds only ensures the injustice and the system of occupation continues”.
https://mondoweiss.net/2026/02/can-activists-stop-nyc-from-reinvesting-in-israel-bonds/
SUBSCRIPTION WALL https://100daysofzohran.thepolisproject.com/levine-signals-reinvestment-of-city-pension-funds-in-israeli-bonds-as-mamdani-opposes-the-move/
2026 March
2026-03-09 Senator Lindsey Graham told Fox news that the war on Iran would make the US a “ton of money”.
https://people.com/lindsey-graham-brags-make-ton-of-money-iran-war-11922350
2026 April
2026-04-15 Mike Johnson argued that Pope Leo should not have condemned the war, stating, “There’s something called the Just War Doctrine…”. The Poper corrected Johnson by explaining the doctrine is only in self-defense once ALL PEACE EFFORTS HAVE FAILED, and then later wrote on social media, “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth” and warned that the world is currently “ravaged by a handful of tyrants”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taNi3btpaLs&list=WL&index=1
https://www.americamagazine.org/vatican-dispatch/2026/04/16/pope-leo-cameroon-peace/
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/news-wrap-pope-warns-of-tyrants-spending-billions-on-wars
2026-04-17 The worlds 100 top oil and gas companies banked $30M per hour during the first month of the Israeli-Iran war.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers
https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/unearned-profit-is-an-interesting-idea-no