disabled

February 13, 2018, 1:59 am

Knesset raises disability benefits as protesters push for bigger boost

Measure increasing monthly stipend by several hundred shekels at cost of NIS 4.3 billion passes 84-0; demonstrators urge lawmakers to vote against bill, saying it is too small

By TOI staff

Wheelchair-bound Palestinian demonstrator Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh, waving a Palestinian flag during a protest along the Gaza-Israel border on December 15, 2017, as clashes with Israeli security forces against Washington's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital intensified. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

January 15, 2018, 9:01 pm

Autopsy shows Israeli fire killed disabled Palestinian protester — Hamas

Terror organization plans to tell International Criminal Court that bullet shot from 30 meters entered above Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh's left eye and lodged in his head

By Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) with Welfare Minister Haim Katz at a press conference announcing the raising of disability allowances, January 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 3, 2018, 5:30 pm

Ministers raise 2018 disability benefits budget by NIS 2 billion

PM and welfare minister call move 'historic step'; protest leaders scoff at 'nicely packaged gift with nothing inside,' say they won't ultimately get more than previously agreed

By Raoul Wootliff

Disabled people and their supporters block the entrance to Jerusalem in protest of inadequate stipends, September 7, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 24, 2017, 11:40 pm

Cabinet approves NIS 1.45 billion budget increase for disabled

Additional aspects of long-sought agreement to be hammered out in budget negotiations next month

By TOI staff

Businesswoman Nicol Raidman, right, speaks with disabled rights protester Hannah Akiva, center, and other activists at the entrance to the Prime Minister's Residence, Jerusalem, October 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 18, 2017, 12:58 pm

Socialite stuns disabled-rights protester by handing her a wad of cash

Nicol Raidman came to visit her friend Sara Netanyahu when she encountered the demonstrators outside the PM's residence

By TOI staff

File: Disabled protesters demonstrate outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem as part of protests calling for an increase in monthly disability benefits, on October 17, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 17, 2017, 7:44 pm

Disabled protesters demonstrate outside PM’s residence

Friend of the Netanyahu family gives cash to a participant in rally demanding increase in disability benefits

By TOI staff

Disabled activists block a road in Jerusalem as part of their campaign for better benefits, October 9, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 15, 2017, 10:14 am

IDF veterans join campaign for higher disability benefits

Wheelchair-bound protesters block major coastal road, after counter-demonstration held in favor of Finance Ministry deal

By TOI staff

Disabled, handicapped and activists block the entrance to Jerusalem as they attend a protest calling for better health care, September 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 4, 2017, 12:30 am

Disabled rights protesters block roads, vow to continue campaign

Demonstrators rejecting stipend-boosting deal with government fined after causing havoc at Ashdod port and major arteries south of Tel Aviv

By Stuart Winer

October 1, 2017, 3:44 pm

Not out of the jam yet

As officials celebrate an agreement to end protests by road-blocking disabled activists, cracks already start to form in the supposed 'historic' deal

By Joshua Davidovich

Disabled activists block Ibn Gvirol street in Tel Aviv as part of a protest calling for an increase in government stipends, August 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

October 1, 2017, 9:17 am

Rejecting deal, some disabled protesters renew road-jamming protests

Junction north of Tel Aviv blocked as group seen as main force behind traffic-halting actions calls stipend boost 'shameful'

By Sue Surkes

Illustrative photo of disabled protesters blocking a highway outside the town of Yekum on August 14, 2017, as part of demonstrations for higher monthly disability benefits. (Flash90)

September 29, 2017, 1:39 pm

Despite landmark deal, some disabled activists vow to continue protests

Rights group says agreement reached with treasury 'full of holes,' notes 'complete lack of confidence in the Israeli government'

By TOI staff

Disabled activists block a road in Jerusalem on September 18, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 29, 2017, 4:57 am

After protests, state agrees to up disability benefits to over NIS 4,000

Marathon talks between treasury official, union and disabled rights activists ends in agreement to up stipends, potentially ending months of traffic-halting demonstrations

By TOI staff

September 28, 2017, 2:01 pm

Disabled rights activists, Treasury officials meet over increasing stipends

Talks follow weeks of traffic-blocking protests, developing agreement may see stipends for many disabled raised to 80% of minimum wage

By TOI staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on April 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Pool/Abir Sultan)

September 26, 2017, 2:38 pm

Has Schrodinger’s cat got Netanyahu’s tongue?

Is the prime minister down on politicians for not celebrating settlements enough, or backing a US-led peace push? Both, the papers seem to say

By Joshua Davidovich

September 25, 2017, 11:59 am

Disabled protesters fined for blocking Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway

Demonstrators continue to agitate for higher disability benefits, a day after police warn they will no longer tolerate road closures

By TOI staff