Poverty in 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.

 ABOUT 41% of Jerusalem families suffer from poverty, compared to about 20% in the rest of the country.
'THERE IS such a big supply of food and so many hungry people; the problem is in the distribution and in the method of getting it out there.’

Nearly three million Israelis face food insecurity, including one million children, report finds

RABBI EFRAIM DUCHMAN of Colel Chabad’s New York office inspects the baby formula in the Colel Chabad Slager Logistics Center in Be’er Tuvia

Nourishing hope: The impact of food nutrition on the working poor

 People beg on the streets of Jerusalem.

Economic concerns cloud Passover celebrations as cost of living crisis deepens in Israel


Knesset marks national day for the fight against poverty

Lobby launches an action plan to break the poverty cycle for Breaking the Cycle of Poverty, as well as a new report showing 42% of families re-enter poverty after being out of poverty for a while.

 The committee for the fight against poverty, headed by by MKs Pnina Tamano-Shata and Avraham Betzalel.

VAT increase will mean many in Israel go hungry - opinion

The increase in VAT will overwhelm the many families who are already barely keeping afloat.

 Takiat Ibrahim soup kitchen, Hebron, on the West Bank, April 4, 2023.

Poverty and inequality in Israel is high and worrying, the National Insurance Institute says

The NII also stressed that the cost of living was 4.2% higher in 2023 than in 2022 and that this followed a 4.4% increase in the year before.

 People beg on the streets of Jerusalem.

Israel is losing the war on poverty - opinion

The war on poverty is just as existential for hundreds of thousands of families struggling with it. As of now, however, in this area, the outcome appears to be absolute loss.

 VOLUNTEERS GIVE away food packages to elderly people in southern Tel Aviv in November 2024.

Nearly 30% of Israelis, over 600,000 children living in poverty - Latet

The emotional state of children of aid recipients was also more significantly impacted by the war.

The face of childhood housing poverty

Beyond simple charity: A nonprofit empowers the poor to become independent

‘I don’t think there was any other time that a bill passed in Israel with no objections.’

 ELI COHEN, CEO of Pitchon Lev. The organization provides a voice to those plagued by poverty, representing them through advocacy and promoting legislative change, says the writer.

Knesset: Finance Ministry failing to provide employment services to Negev's Bedouins

"Where there is no employment, there is crime."

 Members of the Bedouin community in Southern Israel, convene a meeting with journalists, demanding justice for the death of their relative, Osama Abu Eissa, who was executed by Hamas terrorists during the October 7th attack, near Hura village, Israel November 9, 2023

Echoes of struggle: half of Holocaust survivors unable to afford food, medicine

The survivors, many of whom live alone, also reported loneliness and low quality of life since the war.

 A HOLOCAUST survivor examines foodstuffs she received from a nonprofit aiding impoverished survivors, in Beit Shemesh.

Israel ranks low in OECD children’s poverty standings

The study was carried out by Jerusalem’s Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.

 An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family performs the Kaparot ritual in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood, September 20, 2015

Pitchon-Lev has been chosen as a partner by the Knesset. Here is why

After October 7, 88 MKs from across the political spectrum asked to be allowed to collect donations on behalf of Pitchon-Lev to assist their constituents.

A group of members of Knesset volunteer at a Pitchon-Lev facility.

Israel's High Court stops 'discriminatory' food voucher plan

The study found a substantial gap between the number of families that received food vouchers and the number living below the poverty line.

 Food organized in a refrigerator.