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Israel's Lowest Rung: The painful pictures of poverty uncovered
Assaf Kamar
Published: 15.11.14, 21:04
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1. Soon, Israel will have huge income..
Beary White ,   Norway   (11.15.14)
.. from gas/oil. Then the country will be able to make a better living for the poor people. Also, there must be restrictions for the landlord who speculates or the state must be the owner of renovated apartments. This is the only way for poor people to live in dignity.
2. Price of Capitalism.
DOV ,   USA   (11.15.14)
Inexcusable and inhumane. I don't buy not making landlords and housing authorities accountable. It's not only in Israel. And yes I know it's better than most non capitalist countries but that's not an excuse.
3. #1
Steen ,   Denmark   (11.15.14)
Go on dreaming. Even if Israel gets a huge income from gas/oil, this government will take it all for himself and the poor will remain poor.
4. from socialist kibbutz to crony capitalism
Mark B. ,   Amsterdam / Holland   (11.15.14)
there should be a middle way, if Israel wants to be an example for the rest of the world (old Jewish dream)
5. I live here
Siobhan Kaplan ,   Haifa, Israel   (11.16.14)
Being that I left Africa to make aliyah I am shocked to find I live worse in Israel than I did in Africa! I live in this neighbourhood of Haifa. The buildings are falling apart and the streets are full of trash and stray cats. I live on the ground floor of my building, every now and again the drains in the building get blocked and my apartment is flooded with filthy,contaminated water!
6. To: No. 3
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.16.14)
Well, the people described in the article are Christian. What, did the world all of a sudden run out of Christian charities? Why don't they help their own? Or is it to be a repeat of the genocide of Maronite Christians in Lebanon? The ersatz "palestinian" Moslem hordes slaughtered them like sheep. The only -- the ONLY -- people that came to the rescue of Lebanese Christians were the Jews. Had you forgotten? Tsk, tsk. And to think the Danes once were the only ones who stood up to the Nazis who came to round up the Jews. You shame your forebears. Why don't you commit suicide, you paltry excuse for a human being?
7. To: No. 4
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.16.14)
No, we realized a long time ago that people other than Jews are simply too dumb to learn by example. Tell me -- are you ever ashamed that the Dutch were the most enthusiastic Nazi collaborators of any one? So -- still in the mood to offer lectures? Go ahead. I'll tear you to shreds and make you cry. I know more about you than you know about yourself.
8. Pinhead @ 1 ,...
split ,   US   (11.16.14)
Google 'Israel's natural gas bonanza is an illusion, warns British energy expert' and try to catch up with time and reality instead running your mouth ,...
9. Israel is criticized unfairly in this article.No society is
Moshe ,   Usa   (11.16.14)
perfect. Israel has social medicine, so every one has a good chance at health. Let the religious institutions of the poor step up & pay for poor peoples' meals & water & anything else they need. Israel is a beautiful country, considering many of the world's nations hate Israel & its neighboring nations & arob citizens want to murder it. This is the reason Israel must pay large sums for defense. So Shut Up with your criticism.
10. Another Socialist successfull Paradise
Ben gore ,   Dhdjs@djdj.com   (11.16.14)
but the queers are happy and the leftists have coffee and heroin.
11. Those homes look roomy compared to what I grew up in and
Rivkah   (11.16.14)
lived in for a few years after marrying. I grew up in an 8'by32' trailer in a family of SEVEN. The 8'by23' trailer I lived in for a few years after marrying was for a family of TWO. I was not harmed by living in a sardine can at times. There was water but by the time I got to shower, the hot water was gone and I got to shower in cold water growing up with no heater in the tiny bathroom because it was too expensive to turn on the electric heater. My US Army Colonel father (USMA 1936) felt that living frugally was an important lesson in life to learn how to live with less. When my parents retired, they purchased homes with an apartment behind the house. They lived in the tiny apartment instead of in the house where burglars were more likely to attack. When they died, they had over a million dollars in the bank. That is how you get rich. You live below your income and means and invest in Elohim and in the bank.
12. Leftist corruption
(11.16.14)
Follow the money and you will see how Leftists become rich from misery. It is not a matter of ideology or economic theory, simply the people who lead the Left are those who want to promote misery in others while they live the good life.
13. To: No. 8
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (11.16.14)
Jealous, eh? Keep reveling in your incredible mediocrity. You're such a moron. British North Sea oil is going to run out in less than a decade. The British -- a country under siege by Moslems -- have problems that are legion, and they're running out of money. Maintaining the ever-expanding royal family is getting to be expensive. Israel will not export natural gas to the British. We have a long score to settle with them. We haven't forgotten. The same applies to the Poles. You want to keep that in what passes for your mind.
14. #11
Douvid ,   Bat Yam   (11.16.14)
Rivkale, is Elohim explaining what your case is all about ??? I am flabbergasted to see that Ynet keeps on posting your posts.
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