Arab MK rebukes Knesset for impoverished Holocaust survivors

Joint (Arab) List MK Ahmad Tibi rebukes the government for the high poverty rates among Holocaust survivors in Israel.

“24 percent of Holocaust survivors are under the poverty line,” he writes on Twitter. “Does anyone in the government feel embarrassed or ashamed?”

MK Ahmad Tibi participates in a panel discussion at the Israel Conference on Democracy, in Tel Aviv on February 17, 2015. (photo credit: Amir Levy/Flash90)
MK Ahmad Tibi participates in a panel discussion at the Israel Conference on Democracy, in Tel Aviv on February 17, 2015. (photo credit: Amir Levy/Flash90)

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