{"id":344890,"date":"2026-05-19T18:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:00:45","slug":"people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x1LgXfU2ETE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x1LgXfU2ETE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s economy has been in crisis since 2019, but business owners say renewed fighting between Hezbollah and Israel \u2013 despite the announced ceasefire \u2013 is making matters even worse. In Damour, south of Beirut, beach resort owner Mohamad Bazzi says fears over safety and economic uncertainty are driving customers away, putting the country\u2019s summer tourism season at risk.\u202f <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n<p>#lebanon #economy #israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lebanon\u2019s economy has been in crisis since 2019, but business owners say renewed fighting between Hezbollah and Israel \u2013 despite the announced ceasefire \u2013 is making matters even worse. In Damour, south of Beirut, beach resort owner Mohamad Bazzi says fears over safety and economic uncertainty are driving customers away, putting the country\u2019s summer tourism [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[128827,134532,136672],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-344890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news","tag-been","tag-economy","tag-lebanons"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch \u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch \u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-19T17:00:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x1LgXfU2ETE\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-19T17:00:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":135,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-2594.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"been\",\"economy\",\"Lebanon's\"],\"articleSection\":[\"DW News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-2594.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-19T17:00:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch \u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-2594.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/hqdefault-2594.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch \u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch \u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-05-19T17:00:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/x1LgXfU2ETE\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News","datePublished":"2026-05-19T17:00:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/"},"wordCount":135,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-2594.jpg","keywords":["been","economy","Lebanon's"],"articleSection":["DW News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/","name":"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-2594.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-19T17:00:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch \u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-2594.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/hqdefault-2594.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/people-are-afraid-to-spend-war-pushes-lebanons-economy-to-the-brink-dw-news\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"\u201cPeople\u202fare\u202fafraid to\u202fspend\u201d:\u202fwar\u202fpushes Lebanon\u2019s\u202feconomy\u202fto the\u202fbrink\u202f| DW News"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344890"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=344890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}