For the first time, the Israel Ministry of Labor published data about workers paid by the hour, and as it turns out, the situation is dismal: Employment by the hour has become a widely used method for simply reducing the cost of labor. It is harmful, exploitative and unethical, and in the long run not necessarily economically advantageous.

While the fighting continues with no clear endgame, it dictates Israel’s political and social agenda. It is said that the war is a great leveler; however, the production of weaponry is not: a good portion of the millionaires and billionaires that made their fortunes in Israel in the course of the last two or three decades did so by producing arms based on hi-tech.

A first-of-its-kind study by the Adva Center and ASSAF reveals that approximately half of the refugee and asylum seeker population in Israel lives below the poverty line. About 85% experience food insecurity, over half of them at a severe level. Housing expenditures amount to more than 60% of their monthly income.

This study, supported by Mazon-A Jewish Response to Hunger, deals with salaried and self-employed workers whose income from work is defined as low, that is, no more than two-thirds of the median monthly pay nationwide.

This guide, published by the Jewish Funders Network, is for foundations and funders who are active in Israel and seek to start or deepen their gender-related activism and increase their social impact in this regard. This guide is motivated by the desire to promote discourse, raise awareness, and provide practical tools for implementing a gender approach in Israeli philanthropy.

The human suffering caused by the present war is unprecedented in Israel’s war history. Against this background, the 2025 budget proposal promises Israelis numerous “dark years” — years without a social agenda.

Three different approaches to the cost of living in Israel point to a number of directions to be taken. Yet, there is no sign of any governmental body taking any action that might contribute to one or more of the solutions proposed.

The full-day event was organized by two MKs, Naama Lazimi (the Democrats) and Michael Biton (National Unity Camp), and two non-profits – The Public Housing Forum and the Adva Center

Mayors and Displaced Residents of Localities in the North of Israel Discuss Strategies to be Undertaken “the day after” the October 2023 War Ends.

Position paper [shortened version for English readers] on the Effect of the October 2023 War on the Poor Residing in Israel’s Geographic Periphery, presented to the Special Knesset Committee for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee.