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    ‘More than one-quarter of Israelis poor or nearly poor’ - Report

    While Israel's technological and scientific breakthroughs are impressive, it is still has the highest rate of poverty of any OECD country, according to a National Insurance Institute report.

    By EYTAN HALON

  • Too many Israeli children are living in poverty

    Her frustration was expressed following the presentation to President Reuven Rivlin of the annual statistical report on children in Israel.

    By GREER FAY CASHMAN

  • Presenting the annual poverty report.

    21.2% of Israeli population lives below the poverty line - new report

    The report showed an increase in poverty among the elderly, despite a recent minimum wage increase.

    By ALON EINHORN

  • Poverty in Israel

    NGO: Over 1 million Israeli children in poverty

    Half of welfare recipients say they frequently or occasionally lacked sufficient food at home.

    By EYTAN HALON

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    Jerusalem? Tel Aviv? What is the best city in Israel?

    The four other towns and cities sharing Jerusalem's ranking are Bnei Brak and the Arab communities Jisr al-Zarka, Umm al-Fahm, Zarzir and Bukata.

    By SAMUEL THROPE

  • AMONG NONPROFIT organizations in Israel, 23% provide assistance to the haredi sector, compared to 7%

    Major gap in nonprofit welfare funding between haredim and Arab Israelis

    43,000 nonprofits currently help provide services to people on welfare, although only about 20,000 appear to be active.

    By ROCKY BAIER

  • Start-up Nation's underbelly: Israel's child poverty rate tops OECD states

    While the report showed a rise in the minimum wage and child-care allowances, it also indicated that many Israeli families of three or more children live below the poverty line.

    By DAVID LEE/THE MEDIA LINE

  • Needy people line up to fill up their baskets with foods and goods on Thursday ahead of the Passover

    Charitable organizations and volunteers rally to help needy on Passover

    “Poverty is the result of government policies that drastically reduced social expenditures and neglected those who are weakened", Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder of IFCJ.

    By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

  • NGO head: Main threat to Israel is social situation, not Iran

    Pitchon Lev was established in 1998 with the main goal of removing people from poverty.

    By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

  • Nurse gives medication to elderly patient [Illustrative]

    Social Services ministry to realize ‘lost’ rights of Holocaust survivors

    Nearly a third of Holocaust survivors in Israel live in poverty.

    By LIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI

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