Poverty line israel

Israel’s 30 glorious years – and the social Darwinism we built along the way - opinion

If we can mobilize hundreds of billions to fight a military war, why can we not mobilize less than 10 billion to fight the war against poverty?

|ByGILLES DARMON
ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.

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
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

UNICEF report: Israel has 4th highest child poverty rate in developed world

Israel also had the highest rate of youth aged 15 to 24 not in education, employment or training.

OCTOBER 29, 2014ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
A beggar is seen with her child in central Athens

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