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British-Israeli Game of Thrones actress Josephine Gillan holds her daughter. Israeli welfare authorities have taken away the child. (Courtesy/GoFundMe)
August 13, 2019, 2:43 am
‘Game of Thrones’ actress begs for help as Israeli child welfare takes baby girl
Josephine Gillan, who played prostitute Marei, says her 8-month old was in care of friend while she received treatment for postpartum depression; authorities acted on court order
By TOI staff
File: A Thai worker picks decorative flower leafs in Kibbutz Sde Nitzan's flower farm, near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, on July 20, 2014 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 29, 2018, 10:31 pm
Israel rejects ‘distorted’ BBC report on abysmal conditions of Thai farm workers
UK news broadcaster’s investigation said many agricultural laborers live in squalid quarters, are exposed to dangers of poor sanitation and pesticides
By Stuart Winer
A homeless woman. (Channel 10 screenshot)
January 15, 2018, 6:46 pm
25,000 people said homeless in Israel; social services treat under 10% of them
Stiff government criteria mean just 1,872 people eligible for help despite the large number reported by civil rights activists
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of French Jewish immigrants to Israel, arriving at Ben Gurion International Airport on July 20, 2016 ( Tomer Neuberg/FLASH90).
October 9, 2017, 6:44 pm
State to nix support program for immigrants from France
Services in French language helped thousands of newcomers to Israel; ministries argue over providing funding
By Stuart Winer
An elderly woman was tied in her wheelchair to a fence outside a Ramat Gan shopping mall for some 40 minutes, on August 2, 2016, sparking a police investigation after a passerby snapped a picture. (Channel 2)
July 18, 2017, 3:13 pm
Reports of family, caregivers abusing elderly up by 17 percent
Figures for 2016 include 20% in reported sexual abuse, but increase in reports may be explained by rise in awareness
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A gay couple with their daughter (monkeybusinessimages via iStock by Getty images)
July 17, 2017, 10:17 pm
State’s reply to High Court on same-sex adoption makes plain a bleak reality
Adoption became legal for gay and lesbian parents in 2008, but only 3 same-sex couples have since succeeded in adopting
By Melanie Lidman
A nurse carries a suspected victim of abuse by his mother, Jerusalem, July 26, 2009. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)
December 1, 2016, 10:28 am
44,000 reports of child abuse in 2015, Welfare Ministry says
Three out of four alleged perpetrators are family members, report says; one in five victims has special needs
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo. Girls on a camp trip play in a field at Gan Saker Park on July 9, 2014. (Zoe Vayer/Flash90)
May 18, 2015, 4:53 pm
Attorney seeks to sue authorities over treatment of raped, pregnant Ethiopian-Israeli girls
Feminist activist Roni Aloni-Sadovnik questions why girls as young as 11 gave birth to babies for adoption instead of having abortions
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative photo of cars being transported near the Erez Crossing into Gaza. (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)
August 19, 2014, 12:51 pm
Israel reportedly keeping human rights groups out of Gaza
Foreign Ministry, Civil Administration say they are following procedure, not targeting Amnesty International
By Spencer Ho
African migrants protest outside Holot detention center in southern Israel. February 17, 2014. (photo credit: FLASH90)
May 14, 2014, 7:58 pm
State comptroller challenges Israel’s treatment of migrants
Annual report pans shortage of healthcare and welfare for asylum seekers, and marks spike in ministers’ trips abroad
By Marissa Newman
Moshe Kahlon (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 8, 2014, 3:49 pm
Popular ex-Likud minister slams old party, plans political comeback
Moshe Kahlon says he never agreed with PM on social policy, disadvantaged Israelis being abandoned, far-right taking over Likud
By Aron Dónzis
Finance Minister Yair Lapid in Jerusalem. July 15, 2013. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
July 22, 2013, 4:55 pm
Holocaust survivors reject Welfare Ministry oversight
Finance minister says Israel is not doing enough for those who came out of the death camps and ‘established the country’
By Asher Zeiger
April 3, 2013, 10:33 am
Mother arrested after infant found home alone
Four-year old girl, wandering the streets, leads police back to her house where they discover her sleeping infant brother
By Gavriel Fiske
Israelis light candles in memory of 57-year old Moshe Silman, who passed away on July 20. Silman set himself on fire during a social protest in Tel Aviv last week, suffering 3rd degree burns all over his body. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 22, 2012, 9:32 am
Sixty threaten suicide in calls to government social service hotline
Over 2,000 calls received last week by the Ministry of Welfare and Social Services
By Gabe Fisher
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