what makes people shun work is that sweet welfare teat. Take that teat away from their mouths and they will run to work. You have 100's of 1000's of illegal people in Israel working there. If the economy was so terrible as you all want to believe it is, they wouldn't be there. So please stop the pretend. Israel is doing very well.

centers, for Western companies who hire native mother tongue English speakers (olim). Its just as cheap as the call centers of India but without the local Indian accents.

Israel is cheap? India will be 10x cheaper

The unemployment rate could drop quite bait further if so many Israelis were willing to do the low paid jobs that we import foreigners to do. Better to have a low pay job than no job at all because you think your to goo for it Bringing in the Asien workers is also damaging to the economy. We have to provide school places for their children, they send money back home so it doesn't get recycled within the economy. When their work permits end many will stay in Israel illegally because better than life back home. They have children here so their numbers increase. Makes you nostalgic for the palestinians because we started brining in Asians during the intifada because we stopped hiring palestinians. Time for the government to launch an employment program get Israelis to do the low pay jobs.

Check what criteria are used for "unemployed" and you will see that it only scratches the tip of the unemployment in Israel. There are tens of applicants for every job. As to employing Israelis to do the low paid jobs; the main problem is the employers who don't want to pay all the benefits and minimum wage needed to employ an Israeli. More than once I have spoken to employers who categorically refuse to give a job to an Israeli over an illegal worker.

Israel has a humanitarian as well as Jewish Survivalist Obligation and as helping Poor Asian economies whilst looking after our elderly and disabled is very meritorious.Besides Study of say Hatzollah Type medicine or Doing survivalist courses or growing herbs and spices which slows dementitia and heart disease that is an industry.