04.19.2018 | 4 Iyar, 5778
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Durdane Agayeva:" I will never forget the 8 days of hell and humiliation in the Armenian captivity"
Un recul est amorcé mais les chiffres restent inquiétants.La classe politique utilise le rapport à des fins électorales.
By Lidar Gravé-Lazi,LAHAV HARKOV
The party is calling for separation of the administrative bureaucracy and medical committees in an effort to reduce the long wait times at the NII.
By Lidar Gravé-Lazi
Yesh Atid MKs, who were ministers until two weeks ago, say Netanyahu blocked reforms that could have curbed poverty.
By LAHAV HARKOV
Opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union) blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Likud) for the bleak report.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
The figure is the highest rate in the developed world.
The land is predicted to grow enough produce to feed about 2,700 people daily.
By SARAH LEVI
Taub Center cites government’s failure to reduce poverty through taxes and welfare system.
When compared to other OECD countries, Israel still has the highest poverty rates of all developed countries.
1,412,000 adults and 1,024,000 children live under the poverty line, with 1 in 3 poor children skipping meals.
Researchers said there was “serious doubt” if the steps taken so far, and those planned, will bring poverty rates down to the OECD average.
Welfare minister Haim Katz says people must go back to work. Unemployment at record low of 4.6%.
Some 1.65 million Israelis, and about a third of all Israeli children, live in poverty, putting it at the bottom of OECD poverty rankings.
By NIV ELIS
With regards to income inequality Israel ranked 37 out of 41 countries - meaning that the household income of a child at the bottom 10th percentile is 64.58% lower than that of the average child.
By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI,LAHAV HARKOV
In addition, the government decision called to establish a savings account for needy children – though this measure is not expected to take effect until 2017.
The campaign, "From three one is hungry" aims to raise awareness of the poverty statistics and encourage youth to take responsibility to help combat the phenomenon.
One in three children are poor, report says
By EITAN AROM,GREER FAY CASHMAN
Opposition leader says the Taub Center report is a "red card" for Netanyahu who has caused the entire state to be in overdraft.
By NIV ELIS,Lidar Gravé-Lazi
The share of young people who do not own a home increased from 43% in 2003 to 54% in 2012.
"Poverty in Israel is perceived as a problem of the poor and not as a significant threat to society,” said Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of the IFCJ, “these figures are a warning sign."
Increased allotments will improve financial and living standards for 190,000 elderly citizens
Israel also had the highest rate of youth aged 15 to 24 not in education, employment or training.
In less than a decade, payments from the old-age benefits fund will exceed income, and by 2042 or earlier, the whole fund will be gone.
By SHLOMO MAITAL
To date, the Israeli government has not allocated any funds to address the phenomenon of poverty in Israel on a national scale.
The desperate requests for basic necessities that I see from needy people in Israel are heartbreaking.
By YAEL ECKSTEIN
As we celebrate Israel’s 66th birthday, we mustn’t forget that 300,000 families in Israel couldn’t afford to join the party.
By ANNA SHLOMAN