Israel poverty

Growing class of 'war poor' Israelis pushed into poverty post-October 7, report warns

The report depicts a deepening social emergency in which hunger and chronic financial stress are spreading from Israel’s weakest populations into the lower middle class.

 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
 IFCJ PRESIDENT Yael Eckstein (center) visits a shelter in Kiryat Shmona. ‘I think it’s a very incorrect assumption to feel or think that we, in the rest of Israel, are not connected to what’s happening there.’

NGOs see dramatic increase in financial assistance requests from young people

 Takiat Ibrahim soup kitchen, Hebron, on the West Bank, April 4, 2023.

VAT increase will mean many in Israel go hungry - opinion

 A HOLOCAUST survivor examines foodstuffs she received from a nonprofit aiding impoverished survivors, in Beit Shemesh.

'Poverty, by America': Explaining poverty in Israel and the US - review


On human dignity in Israel

Let us not forget that only a society committed to the flourishing of each and every individual will become a prosperous society.

Bread is served at a soup kitchen in central Israel

NGO report paints grim picture of state of children in Israel

"There are too many hardships and too few responses in education, welfare, health, law enforcement and the protection of children."

Children walking to school

Gaps between rich and poor begin with hunger

We must first and foremost concern ourselves with the most existential problem facing Israeli students – food.

Shoppers buy Israeli food products at a Ramallah supermarket in 2003

Heroes of Israel: Poverty's Angel

How many people can one man feed? 100,000!

Rav Aryeh Lurie

Israel’s economic forecast: Slowdown, high poverty

For years Israel’s GDP per capita grew by 2% to 2.5% per year; however, from 2012 to 2016 it slowed to an average annual growth rate of about .9%

A man in Jerusalem searching through the garbage

More than 1 in 5 Israelis live in poverty, highest in developed world

When compared to other OECD countries, Israel still has the highest poverty rates of all developed countries.

A volunteer distributes food at a soup kitchen.

State blamed as shocking new report highlights deep poverty across Israel

1,412,000 adults and 1,024,000 children live under the poverty line, with 1 in 3 poor children skipping meals.

A homeless person begs for change in Israel

In Plain Language: From riches to rags

A culture of schnorring and a generation of beggars have grown up in our midst, and they are, sadly, an embarrassment to Judaism.

The statue of Maimonides in Cordoba, Spain

Report: Gaps between disabled and general population expanding in Israel

A study ranks Israel's cities in terms of their accessibility and care for disabled residents and visitors.

Nazareth

Government has invested only 25% of funds needed to combat sky-high poverty

Researchers said there was “serious doubt” if the steps taken so far, and those planned, will bring poverty rates down to the OECD average.

Beggar in Jerusalem