I GOT SOLUTIONS FOR POVERTY 1. TGE VERY RICH IN ISRAEL SHOULD FORM 2 FUNDS ONE FOR KIDS 2ND FOR SENIORS CITIZENS. ANOTHER SOLUTIONS CUT OFF LAVISH SPENDING OF KNESSET'S MEMBERS. ALSO Y THE GOV'T SAVES SYRIANS FIGHTERS... THAT A LOT OF RISK THE IDF IS TAKING + IT S POINTS THAT THE POLITIC IS ABOVE THE CITIZENS.... YOUR COUNTRY MEN COMES FIRST. WORLD OPINION DOES NOT MATTER. BIBI WAKE UP!

KIDS IN ISRAEL ARE HUNGRY. SENIOR CITIZENS EATING PET'S FOOD. IDF RISKING THEIR LIVES TO SAVE SYRIANS FIGHTERS , THE COST IS MORE THAN MONEY. EXCELLENT COMANDO IDF SPECIAL OPS. I GUESS IF ISRAEL WILL TAX THE VERY RICH MORE N. CUT DOWN ON MILLER ACTIONS. IT WOULD HELP the pooverty IN ISRAEL. POLITIC COMES BEFORE OUR LIVES? NO MATTER WHAT ISRAELIS OUGHT TO COME BEFORE POLITIC.

Already in 1962 The Israel newspapers had long running projects to collect money for the poor - I used to donate regularly. It seems that since then ,no government in the last 53 years has done much to alleviate this embarrassment

How about building fewer skyscraper buildings and fancy buildings ,and channeling the monies to the poor?

Ask Natanyahu to land his flight in Israel and live with his own citizens not with with the super riches olim in his cesarea villa . Homless , child poverty and the welfare of his own people should be his first concern and not the international media .

Stop building settlements and start feeding your people.

Why for senior citizens - Didn't they work and earned some benefits? What ever happen to those Billions extorted from Germany and other countries by holocaust industry? WJC Claims Conference Holocaust Industry crooks are bragging on their web site: "As a result of these negotiations, the German government has paid more than $60 billion in indemnification for suffering and losses resulting from Nazi persecution. Claims Conference negotiations have also resulted in the disbursement of funds from German and Austrian industry, as well as the Austrian government. But our work is not yet complete. We continue to negotiate with representatives of Germany and Austria as well as with representatives of industry and banks. And the Claims Conference continues to administer compensation programs and distribute payments" Considering that holocaust industry 'till today extorted around $100 Billions from Germany, Austria, Swiss banks not to mention that the Germans are still paying and assuming that most of them worked in Israel and suppose to earned retirement benefits and pensions why do they live in poverty? ,...

To get the full picture we need to know how many parents have decided to subject themselves and their children to poverty by not working and by having very large families. This would at least help us understand the causes of poverty.

than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. Moms Mably said, "I've been rich and I've been poor and believe me, rich is better." Depends on what you priorities are. Love is YHVH, so if being poor is one's lot in life, YHVH can make that bearable. Nothing wrong with dumpster diving for food if that is where food is available. A lot of homeless people do that and have a good diet off others' leftovers thrown away. Children need to be taught it is all right to be poor if one is also holy. Many have deliberately impoverished themselves giving away what they had, seeking the glory that only YHVH can give. A few find it.

one food to eat and nothing else, she would eat DOG FOOD! Why? Because it is nutritionally complete not only for dogs but for humans! Some doctors say their only food would be fish oil if they could have only one food. Others say eggs. If the elderly can afford dog food, that is a great diet! The obviously dumpster dive. Nothing wrong with eating what others don't want. That is the modern way of gleaning.

I agree with Jake on proverty to a certain extent - why do the religious have such large families if they can't support them? Israel is such a rich country - minus the budget for their armed forces - that it is a pity to see persons sleeping on the street in Tel Aviv and the holy city or the filthy slums of the south suburbs of Tel Aviv. To Rivkah are you Jewish because a Jew wouldn't let a person eat our of a garbage dempster or go hungry; but, in Israel they would? Take a look around Israel with all it wealth like my husband and I did last week with my son who lives there and wonder what is the matter with the country with its distribution of its money.

1)Let some of the gas revenues from the fields be used to subsidize food. 2) Begin a food stamp program. 3) Subsidize meals at schools. 4) Cut MK Salaries and use the monies to help the poor. 5) No Army or Civil Service...No Subsidies. Those who don't let their children serve in IDF or Public Service should be barred from any assistance!

The Schmita laws and Yoval laws are not being obeyed and Forced Collectivisation led to Millions starving . The Nep was good at first but Everyone got greedy and the Peasants withheld Food from the cities . Stalin and his horribles fought against the hoarders for higher prices a horrific vicious death spiral . Statins Wife Suicided even before the mass famine . The Gates Buffetts and Zuckenburgs are heroes of the human history .

This shameful report highlights once again the appalling situation of some of our citizens, many of whom voted for the Likud Party which claims to represent the poor and defenceless members of our society. This cannot surprise anyone. Our PM is a faithful follower of the American model of politics which has achieved only one thing - the largest gap between rich and poor in the western world. Whilst the "powers that be ignore our poor and also the middle class, there can be no change. As Israeli pensioners (my husband is 81 and I am nearly 72) we are both still working part-time, both out of necessity and also pleasure. The social security payment after maximum working years for both of us is little more than a joke (and half of that paid in the UK which also has very low payments). I would like to know: how is the report compiled? How many children live in families where the parents work? And finally, where is the shame of the PM and his government who just accepted yet another salary raise and continue to spout outraged comments about povery rates in Israel.