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State Comptroller Yosef Shapira in the Knesset, December 31, 2018. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 24, 2019, 5:53 pm
Postal service, National Insurance Institute are tops in number of complaints
Dissatisfaction with Transportation Ministry and police also high, state comptroller’s annual report shows
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A view of Amsterdam (CC BY-SA Swimmerguy269/Wikipedia)
March 12, 2019, 2:53 pm
Woman raped abroad by Palestinian in 2003 to be recognized as terror victim
Defense Ministry says that after reviewing the case, authorities determined Israeli was attacked because of her nationality; decision entitles her to state benefits
By Stuart Winer
A view of the Northern Arab-Israeli city of Nazareth, on January 26, 2016 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
January 2, 2019, 9:38 pm
New ‘centrist’ Arab party registers ahead of elections
Platform includes resolving housing crisis in Arab Israeli towns and bridging between Israelis and Palestinians
By Adam Rasgon
An ultra-Orthodox woman is brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on July 3, 2018, under charges of abusing her children by injecting them with insulin to making false claims of diabetes for National Insurance money. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )
July 19, 2018, 11:02 pm
Mother of 10 held for injecting 5 kids with insulin to get welfare benefits
Police suspect Jerusalem woman swindled state out of NIS 800,000 by making children ill to mimic diabetes; caught after toddler hospitalized in serious condition
By TOI staff
A National Insurance Institute building (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 7, 2018, 3:59 pm
Government is defrauding the public of national insurance funds, official says
Head of National Insurance Institute’s Audit Committee says the state helped itself to NIS 200 billion of the NII’s reserves, and is therefore tightening restrictions on benefits
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of elderly hands (Pablo K, iStock by Getty Images)
December 27, 2017, 4:10 pm
Israel sets up first innovation lab to boost tech for elderly aid
Simulated living space will enable startups to test their technologies in real-life scenarios for senior citizens
By Shoshanna Solomon
People walk by a homeless man sleeping on the street, near cafes in the center of Jerusalem. November 10, 2013. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
December 6, 2017, 2:23 pm
1.8 million Israelis, 842,000 of them children, under poverty line — report
In Jerusalem, over half of children impoverished, annual study says; country sees improvements, but situation still ‘grave’ by OECD standards
By Marissa Newman
Illustrative: Residents of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al Hiran walk to their homes after a protest against the town's demolition, on August 27, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
October 3, 2017, 1:38 pm
In rare case, prosecutors charge Bedouin man with polygamy
Negev resident’s indictment is first since cabinet approved plan to eradicate the crime
By TOI staff
Luai Abed (right) stands in front of a portrait photograph of himself at an exhibition of works by photo journalist Tali Mayer, who, herself, was wounded by a black sponge bullet in 2014 while covering a demonstration. (Ido Grumer)
September 28, 2017, 1:36 pm
Setting precedent, East Jerusalem man shot by police recognized as terror victim
Dozens more injured Palestinians expected to claim disability benefits after case of Luai Abed, who lost an eye to sponge-coated plastic bullet
By Sue Surkes
The National Insurance Institute of Israel on Jan 6, 2004. (Flash90)
June 27, 2017, 2:37 am
National Insurance Institute is most scorned body of 2016
State Comptroller’s report on government competence also highlights mail delivered weeks late or not at all
By TOI staff
Bedouin women in Rahat waiting for a bus, February 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 29, 2017, 5:42 pm
Ministers back welfare, education plan to ‘eradicate’ polygamy
Cabinet okays proposal to integrate Bedouin women in workforce, offer boosted health services, and advocate against ‘enlarged families’
By Marissa Newman
A man searches the trash in a garbage container in the center of Jerusalem. (illustrative photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90)
December 15, 2016, 3:47 pm
1 in 5 families below poverty line and getting poorer, state says
More than half of Arab Israelis still poor, but poverty down among children, elderly, ultra-Orthodox, according to National Insurance Institute report
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A Filipino caregiver walks with an Israeli man sitting in a wheelchair on April 22, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
November 14, 2016, 9:44 am
As Israelis live longer, is a pension crisis stirring?
By the year 2035, the number of elderly in the Jewish state will have doubled. Will retirement savings and public benefits suffice?
By Marissa Newman
Joint (Arab) List MK Dov Khenin attends a Knesset committee meeting, November 02, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
November 2, 2016, 5:51 pm
Arab List lawmakers push through bill to help Holocaust survivors
Knesset approves change in law that will improve allowance arrangements for Nazi victims living in Israel
By Stuart Winer and Dov Lieber
A young Jewish boy eats at the Yad Ezra V'Shulamit center in Jerusalem, which serves hot lunch every day to more than 1,200 children under the poverty line. September 27, 2011. (Uri Lenz/FLASH90)
October 10, 2016, 9:20 pm
Israel’s children are second poorest in developed world
Jewish state above only Turkey in OECD ranking, with one in four aged 17 years and under classed as poor
By Sue Surkes
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