Poverty drops, standard of living rises despite pandemic
National Insurance Institute report finds government aid during pandemic prevented standard of living in Israel from decreasing 10%. Despite the ...
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Report: Iranian newspaper banned for linking Supreme Leader to poverty
Daily Kelid reportedly shut down after running front-page story about rampant poverty in Islamic Republic with graphic that appeared to ...
Egyptian bread price hike alarms the poor
With declaration time has come to hike bread prices, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi aims to curb expensive subsidy program that serves ...
A moat as well as a fence
COVID has shone a spotlight on the disaster created by the Haredi community walling itself off from the rest of ...
As Israel enters 2020, population figures show steady growth
The number of people in Israel stands at 9.1M, with more than 74% classified as Jews. Israeli mothers gave birth ...
Over 1 million children in Israel are hungry, report shows
According to Latet NGO, one-third of children in Israel are living in a state of food insecurity, with an additional ...
Western sanctions push war-weary Syrians deeper into poverty
Eight-year conflict and sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad have caused the currency to plummet and shortages ...