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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Taub Center for Social Policy Studies

Israeli troops stand outside Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. (Marc Israel SELLEM / POOL / AFP)
High defense spending set to threaten fiscal stability and welfare services – report
By Sharon Wrobel
Taub Center paints worrying picture of healthcare system and welfare spending gaps, with funding for security needs soaring
Israeli troops stand outside Soroka Hospital in the southern city of Beersheba, after it was hit by a missile fired from Iran on June 19, 2025. (Marc Israel SELLEM / POOL / AFP)
July 9, 2025, 10:03 am
High defense spending set to threaten fiscal stability and welfare services – report
Taub Center paints worrying picture of healthcare system and welfare spending gaps, with funding for security needs soaring
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative. Heatwave. (iStock by Getty Images)
April 21, 2025, 9:53 pm
Israel’s July temperatures over past eight years were 2.8°C higher than 1950-1979
In run-up to Earth Day, Taub Center also reports 1.8 degree jump in year-round average Israeli temperatures for period of 2014 to 2024, compared to 1950 to 1979
By Sue Surkes
An illustrative photo of health workers. (istock photo/ nanostockk)
January 14, 2025, 6:40 pm
Israel’s health system showing ‘impressive’ resilience during war, report finds
But Taub Center researchers say that with workforce shortage, budget cuts, and 15,000 soldiers who now suffer from stress-induced trauma, the system faces serious challenges
By Diana Bletter
Children play inside a bomb shelter at a kindergarden in central Israel, during the war against Hamas, November 5, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
September 30, 2024, 10:30 am
Young kids, parents still face heightened stress a year into the war, think tank says
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies urges more support for spouses and kids of reservists, displaced families and Arab parents of young kids, amid rise in distress since Oct. 7
By Diana Bletter
Heavy smoke rises from a large tank belonging to the Europe Asia Pipeline Company, after being hit by a rocket on May 12, 2021, near Ashkelon. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
December 12, 2023, 9:06 pm
Think tank: Give state environmental bodies more power and funds during war
Taub Center for Social Policy Studies warns decision makers of need to better prepare for potential disasters such as oil spills, damage to fuel tanks, emission of toxic materials
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: Fentanyl-laced fake oxycodone pills collected during an investigation in 2019. (US Attorneys Office for Utah via AP)
April 30, 2023, 2:57 am
Now world’s no. 1 opioid consumer per capita, Israel faces addiction epidemic
New report traces spike in use of fentanyl and similar drugs; experts attribute abuse and addiction to overprescription, lack of understanding, and health system problems
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative image of a person undergoing a CT scan. (peakSTOCK via iStock by Getty Images)
February 5, 2023, 6:38 am
Israel’s richest locales show 20% lower cancer death rate than middle-income areas
As possible explanations for its findings, Taub Center analysis suggests ‘health inequality’ based on socioeconomic status and unequal health provision outside central Israel
By Nathan Jeffay
An ultra-Orthodox man has his son tested for COVID-19 in in Lod, on October 17, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 18, 2021, 12:28 pm
1 in 3 Haredim caught coronavirus, double the national average – study
31% of community have been confirmed positive compared to 13.7% of other Israelis; think tank says behavior in Haredi society to blame, others question conclusion
By Nathan Jeffay
A technician collects nasal swab samples for COVID-19 at the coronavirus lab, at the Ben-Gurion International Airport on February 28, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
March 2, 2021, 4:19 pm
Data shows coronavirus pushed Israel’s 2020 death rate up by as much as 10%
Outbreak of pandemic reversed a steady drop in mortality; ultra-Orthodox and Arab Israeli communities worst hit by infections
By Stuart Winer
A beggar on Tel Aviv promenade (Gili Yaari / Flash 90).
December 30, 2020, 4:50 pm
Pandemic will worsen already high poverty, inequality in Israel, report says
Number of recipients of unemployment benefits surges more than elevenfold, Taub Center for Social Policy report says
By Shoshanna Solomon
An employee working at Nirometal Ltd., a maker of equipment for professional kitchens; Nov. 5, 2020 (Courtesy)
November 10, 2020, 11:13 am
Israel’s coronavirus unpaid-leave plan may keep people jobless, experts warn
Unlike many OECD countries that subsidize flexible, part-time furlough for workers during pandemic, Israel insists on all or nothing; critics say unpreparedness is the main reason
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of a suitcase full of cash (ungorf; iStock by Getty Images)
September 10, 2020, 4:17 pm
Hidden cash economy is 10% of Israel’s GDP, and that’s an improvement — expert
Taub Center researcher studies Israel’s shadow economy of cash transactions, finds cash-based tax evasion is down while shekels spent on drugs and prostitution are up
By Simona Weinglass
Self-employed people and kindergarten owners participate in a rally calling for financial support from the Israeli government in Jerusalem, on April 19, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 18, 2020, 11:33 am
Women bear brunt of coronavirus job losses in Israel, report says
Although women make up just under 50% of workforce, they filed 56% of unemployment claims since March 1; work from home is ray of light, according to study
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) (Phonlamai iStock by Getty Images)
January 5, 2020, 5:09 pm
Some 15% of Israeli jobs said to be at high risk because of automation
Most at risk are jobs in construction, manufacturing, transportation and storage services, postal and courier services, and food and lodging services, report says
By Shoshanna Solomon
A patient waits for a room in the Sourasky Medical Center Ichilov in Tel Aviv. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)
July 18, 2019, 7:42 am
Israel’s health system suffers from ‘systemic failures,’ report says
‘Fundamental flaws’ have led to acute shortage of hospital beds, higher occupancy rates and gaps in accessibility of treatment, according to Taub Center
By Shoshanna Solomon
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