Labor minister: State cannot support 500,000 'new poor' Israelis
"Many citizens, hundreds of thousands, are now reaching the end of their unemployment benefit eligibility and have no assistance," Shmuli told reporters.
National Insurance Institute director-general Meir Spiegler (left) and Labor and Welfare Minister Itzik Shmuli (photo credit: LABOR AND SOCIAL SERVICES MINISTRY)ByEYTAN HALON