Israel



Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East. It is bordered by Syria to the northeast, Lebanon to the north, the Palestinian territories of Gaza Strip and the West Bank east and west, respectively, Jordan to the east and Egypt to the southwest. Its current prime minister is Benjamin Netanyahu. Israel had become a show topic on the True Capitalist Radio show in April 2018 due to rising tensions between it, Syria and Iran which Ghost feared could be the beginning of a possible war between the three countries, or possibly even the start of World War III.

During December 2017, United States President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, which led to protests and demonstrations in Gaza by Palestinian groups and other Muslim groups.

On April 9, 2018, Israeli aircraft bombed an air base in Homs, Syria, killing 14 soldiers, half of which were Iranian soldiers, a couple days after a report of a suspected chemical attack by the Syrian government. Israel would carry another bombing mission a month later, on May 8, 2018 against Syrian-allied forces in southern Damascus, Syria. This attack killed 15 people - 8 Iranians and seven Syrian-allied forces. There were a handful of Gab and Chatroom names referencing the attack on Episode Episode 564 of True Capitalist Radio, some of the names caused Ghost to rage.