The Intelligence: Israeli hostages’ fortunes
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
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🗓️ 25 October 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
A network of captives’ families has sprung up to accomplish what Israel’s government has so far failed to do—and may yet emerge as a political force. Protecting rhinoceroses from poachers is an expensive business; we look at what has become a bear market for rhinos (12:37). And why a coin toss is not the even-odds proposition you might think it is (20:30).
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| 0:53.6 | The trade in rhinoceros horn is illegal, but for those on the right side of the law, |
| 1:01.3 | the beasts do bring in money as a tourist attraction. |
| 1:04.3 | But because it's expensive to protect them from poachers, |
| 1:07.2 | there's something of a bear market for rhinos. |
| 1:11.7 | And coin tosses have been used to decide everything from the fates of elections |
| 1:17.3 | to whose shoots first and penalty shoots out. |
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