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Unemployment grows, but more slowly, as nearly 1 in 4 Israelis out of work
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleOver 7,200 Israelis signed up for unemployment benefits over the past 24 hours, bringing the country’s unemployment rate to 24.6 percent amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to Israel’s Employment Service.
The government office says 7,290 people requested unemployment benefits from Israel’s National Insurance Institute, having been either fired from their jobs or put on unpaid leave.
In total, 866,907 have filed in the past month, with 89.3% having been put on leave and 6.6% having been fired, according to the employment service.
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