Israel's Poor Hit 1.6 Million
Mid-year report on poverty by National Insurance Institute of Israel points to continuous rise in number of poor Israelis, yet shows improvement in living conditions of elderly in light of more generous allowancesIn the shadow of economic and political disputes about cut backs to ministerial budgets – in light of war damages and the need to rearm the IDF ahead of the next round – the mid-year report on poverty was released by the National Insurance Institute (NII) on Wednesday as a reminder of the deep social problems in the country.
Over the last half of 2005, 1,631,000 Israelis lived in poverty, making up 26.2 percent of all families. In 2004 the percentage stood at 24.5 percent of all families and 21.8 percent in 2002.
Not only has the Knesset let the IDF rot but it is also allowing the Jewish rot in Israel.
Why would any body want to move to Israel where over 1/4 of the Jews are allowed in live in poverty and there is a government of socialist bureaucracy.
