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Foreign workers in the fields near the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, November 13, 2016. (Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)
July 12, 2023, 6:17 pm
Court strikes down financial penalty that encourages foreign workers not to overstay
Statute from 2016 stripped foreign workers of money deposited on their behalf if they didn’t leave the country on time; High Court rules it is a violation of property rights
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) with Supreme Court President Justice Esther Hayut at a memorial service marking 22 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin held at the Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, November 1, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)
January 30, 2023, 8:17 am
From a rogue MK to Haredi subsidies, 8 times High Court struck down laws, decisions
As the coalition moves to radically constrain the top court’s capacity to thwart legislation and decisions it considers undemocratic, here’s a look at some of its key interventions
By Jeremy Sharon
A homeless man in Jerusalem. Under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel has emerged as one of the developed world’s most economically unequal countries. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 28, 2020, 12:32 pm
Coronavirus is driving thousands of people into hunger. Where is the state?
Charities shoulder most of the burden for food insecurity as a lack of government funding, and perhaps of will, leaves no guiding hand for largely helpless social welfare agencies
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative picture of a child. (Xavier_S, i-Stock photos at Getty Images)
November 25, 2020, 3:24 pm
With school out for months, hundreds of thousands of kids face food insecurity
400,000 children eligible for hot school meals are stuck at home due to coronavirus, falling between cracks as ministries fail to take responsibility, Knesset committee hears
By Sue Surkes
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, listens to then-Foreign Minister Israel Katz during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 27, 2019. (Gali Tibbon/Pool Photo via AP)
August 4, 2020, 8:45 am
800,000 Israeli adults begin to receive government coronavirus handouts
After payments for parents arrived this week, most other adults to receive NIS 750 while those living on pensions and allowances to get double sum
By ToI Staff
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and then-transportation minister Israel Katz attend the inauguration ceremony for a new train station in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, September 17, 2018. (Flash90)
August 2, 2020, 9:13 am
Over a million Israelis start receiving government coronavirus handouts
Payments for parents arrive first in controversial NIS 6.5b stimulus plan, to be followed by transfers to the elderly and, eventually, the rest of the population
By ToI Staff
The Knesset plenum during a vote on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coronavirus stimulus package on July 29, 2020. (Screenshot)
July 29, 2020, 5:44 pm
Knesset approves amended version of Netanyahu’s NIS 6.5b handouts plan
Some eligible Israelis could receive cash as soon as Sunday; high wage earners excluded while some needier Israelis, bigger families, allocated larger sums
By ToI Staff
A volunteer delivers a package of meals to an elderly resident of Tel Aviv, March 22, 2020. (Oded Karni, Government Press Office)
March 22, 2020, 7:26 pm
State distributes meals to 75,000 housebound elderly in expanding program
Social Welfare Ministry launches ‘unprecedented’ initiative to feed seniors stuck at home because of coronavirus
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Israeli schoolchildren, August 27, 2013. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90/File)
January 14, 2020, 2:03 pm
Nearly a third of Israel’s children live below the poverty line — report
Among Arab and ultra-Orthodox communities, nearly two-thirds are considered poor, says National Council for the Child; Rivlin calls figures ‘very worrying’
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Dr. Sigal Shelach, CEO of JDC Israel, on November 19, 2019 at the soon to be renovated Jerusalem offices. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/ToI)
December 6, 2019, 3:26 am
After cracking JDC glass ceiling, first woman CEO in Israel renovates operations
JDC Israel head Dr. Sigal Shelach leads 105-year-old Joint into an increasingly relevant and necessary role as the de facto startup nation of welfare and social innovation
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative: Father holding his baby girl at home. (Wavebreakmedia; iStock by Getty Images)
November 7, 2019, 2:01 pm
Top economist says fathers must take parental leave, for the good of the country
Forcing new fathers to stay home longer with their new baby helps dads bond, babies develop and mothers recover, as well as reducing workplace inequality, says Manuel Trajtenberg
By ToI Staff
Rezi Friedman campaigns at a cafe in Antwerp, Belgium, August 15, 2018. (Cnaan Liphshiz)
October 12, 2018, 2:19 pm
An Orthodox rabbi’s daughter wants to make political history in Belgium
At just 23, Rezi Friedman seeks to become the first haredi woman on the City Council, but struggles to blaze her own path in the shadow of her father’s extreme views
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaking as other Republican leaders in the Senate, from left to right, John Barrasso, Orrin Hatch, John Thune and John Cornyn, look on, November 28, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 8, 2017, 3:21 am
Why Jewish groups aren’t thrilled about the upcoming tax overhaul
According to B’nai B’rith, measures could encourage lawmakers to slash medical coverage entitlements like Medicare for older Americans and Medicaid for the poor
By Ron Kampeas
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