Israeli Holocaust survivor: I live on less $1,000 per month

27 January 2016, 7:32 pm

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In a special interview to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Israeli survivor Yithzak Sal says he lives just on NIS 3,800 ($957) per month.

“I get NIS 2,200 a month as a disabled Holocaust survivor, and another NIS 1,600 from the National Insurance Institute,” Sal tells local radio. “I have a heater but I but [I don’t always] turn it on because of the electricity usage. I operate it three times a week for a few hours.

“My meals are not guaranteed and I eat at a soup kitchen. I eat in the morning and the afternoon, and in the evening I have a cup of coffee with a rice cake. There is no justice. The minimum wage is NIS 5,100, but I live under pressure.”

But, he maintains, “I have not and will not ask for help.”