The recent campaign is rich in lessons on developments in Israeli politics
“All the same before the elections many promises but once elected total amnesia” ?
The shadow of potential false promise resulting from the conduct of the elections has not yet dissipated.
Israel is experiencing rapid economic growth and low unemployment, but its poverty rate remains the highest.
Israeli growth remains strong and its high-tech sector continues to spark
international admiration, but poverty is at historically high levels.
the average standard of living remains well below normal.
The incomes of one in five Israeli households are below the poverty line of which more than one million children, a figure has increased in recent years.
At a time when we are striving to perpetuate the memory of the Holocaust, many survivors in Israel face extreme poverty.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews and Black Jews are the two poorest groups living below the poverty line.
Poverty rate in Israel : FJN’s concern
