Poverty line israel

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.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
A PASSERBY stops to console a poor woman in Jerusalem in 2015.

Poverty rates in Israel are among the highest - opinion

Poverty is not predetermined and gaps can be narrowed if we set our minds to it.

|ByTALI NIR
CHOOSING BETWEEN bread and milk: 47% of Jerusalemites live below the poverty line (Illustrative).

More Israelis are poor as gap widens between haves, have-nots

Charitable organizations play a vital role in a country where the cost of living and the gap between rich and poor are large and growing, but experts say a real solution requires government action

|ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
Israeli money bills.

Mother attempts to sell kidney as last-ditch effort in poverty

Katy Sorsher Smith, a single mother of two who found herself in a dire financial situation, told radio hosts about her since-deleted LinkedIn post offering her kidney for sale.

|ByMAARIV ONLINE

Welfare Ministry to allocate NIS 1.7 billion for Committee to Fight Poverty recommendations

In June, the Committee to Fight Poverty released long-awaited recommendations to combat poverty, totaling an estimated NIS 7b. to implement.

OCTOBER 6, 2014ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Welfare and Social Services Minister Meir Cohen (L) and Eli Alalouf

Report: Committee to fight poverty recommendations to cost between NIS 6 to NIS 8 billion

To date, the Israeli government has not allocated any funds to address the phenomenon of poverty in Israel on a national scale.

MAY 28, 2014ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Poverty in J'lem 370