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President: "The Alternative Poverty Report is one of the most difficult I have read"

The president responded to a report that was published, from which alarming findings emerge after the eruption of the corona.

A sharp rise in the number of households in financial distress and in the number of families in poverty: "A jump that confirms the most pessimistic forecasts"

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Wednesday, 09 December 2020, 11:00

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In the video: President Rivlin speaks at an education conference about the heavy price children pay during the Corona period (Walla! NEWS system)

The Alternative Poverty Report for 2020 was published today (Wednesday) and raises a number of worrying findings.

The outbreak of the corona plague and the economic crisis led to the expansion of economic distress and a jump in poverty rates in Israel in 2020.

422,000 households were in economic distress (+ 14.5% +) *;

268,000 families degenerated into poverty (+ 9.2%) *;

143,000 families were added to those living in food insecurity (4.8% +) *;

The middle class shrank by a sixth (15.5%);

Only a quarter (23%) of households are in good economic condition;

Half (50.7%) of the population was economically affected as a result of the crisis;

A quarter (24%) of the public needed assistance and did not receive it.

"The Alternative Poverty Report for 2020, is a difficult, painful report, one of the most difficult I have read and faced. The report shows how the Corona crisis has turned from a health crisis to a broad and deep economic and social crisis.

Along with the real damage to the middle class, it turns out that the most vulnerable populations are suffering the most severely during the current crisis.

Unlike other reports, the Let organization report reflects the human aspect of poverty, and gives a platform to the people themselves. In the Let organization report, we know that behind every number, name, person, father, mother, boy, girl, discharged soldier , A young student, who are without financial backing, without support, in constant fear, some are hungry.

The report reveals, in a simple and clear way, the crisis of trust and internal crisis we are experiencing these days among ourselves, at the social and national level. To thousands of citizens every day. "

"The jump in poverty rates confirms the most pessimistic economic forecasts of the beginning of the crisis, and highlights the weaknesses of the ecosystem in Israel. The corona has upset the delicate economic balance and pushed tens of thousands of new families into economic distress and poverty, but the country is It actually created the conditions for this fragility by refusing to invest significantly in those families in the past to build social resilience. The likelihood of a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming year allows us to see the light at the end of the tunnel. But once the restrictions are over and growth resumes, long and slow work will begin. In rebuilding our badly damaged social fabric, it is also a historic opportunity to correct a structural failure in Israeli society, and to repair the gaps that have been perpetuated in it over the years. Divided and unequal, I am not sure that the State of Israel has a real future. "

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An alarming report.

President Reuven Rivlin (Photo: Mark Neiman, Government Press Office)

The main points of the report

• Unprecedented dimensions of economic distress

  - 422,000 new households were in financial distress following the corona.

  The proportion of households in economic distress rose to 38.6% during the crisis, compared with 24.1% before the crisis (an increase of 14.5 percentage points).

• Poverty rates

  skyrocket - The poverty rate in Israel jumped, with a conservative and conservative estimate, from one-fifth of families (20.1%, 582,000) to almost a third (29.3%, 850,000), with 268,000 families joining the poverty line and rising by 9.2 percentage points.

• Shrinkage of the middle class

  - decreased by a sixth (15.5%), about a third of the middle class (29%) decreased at least level in the economic hierarchy.

• Expansion of the scope of food insecurity

  - 656,000 (22.6%) families living in food insecurity in Israel, of which 286,000 (9.9%) are families with severe food insecurity (Lett organization, 2020).

  This compares with 513,000 (17.8%) and 252,000 (8.8%) respectively before the outbreak of the corona (National Insurance Institute, 2018).

  143,000 families were added to life in food insecurity, 34,000 families were added to those living in severe food insecurity.

• Health epidemic that has developed into a socio-economic crisis

  - 50.7% of the general population indicated severe economic damage following the crisis, compared with only 19.6% who indicated severe damage to health

• Only a quarter of the population is in good economic condition

  - a quarter (23%) of families in Israel report a good economic situation or more during the crisis, compared to 45% before the crisis broke out.

  The proportion of households reporting severe economic distress has tripled

• Enormous need for assistance

  - the need for assistance jumped by 70%.

  A quarter (24%) of the population needed assistance and did not receive it

• The poorer poorer

  - 80% of working families living in pre-Corona poverty were occupationally disadvantaged as a result of the economic crisis

• A fatal blow to the weaker classes

  - 62% supported aid to indicate that the economic situation heavily damaged or very Following the crisis, 55.6% supported the corona indicate that while they added debt, almost double the general population (29.8%)

• Disrespectful seniors

  - 86% of aid-supported seniors experienced a sense of loneliness during the crisis, 21.6% of supported seniors feared dying at home during the Corona crisis and no one knew about it

• Inequality of opportunity in education

  - 73.9% of aid recipients indicated that they do not have computers for distance learning, 70% of the supported families do not have the opportunity to purchase basic school equipment

• The responsibility for dealing with poverty

  - 79.1% of the public believe that the government is responsible for reducing poverty, but only 21.3% of the public think that it does address the problem.

  63.4% believe that government care during the corona crisis supports the needs of poor populations

Unbridgeable gaps.

Eran Weintraub (Photo: Shlomi Mizrahi)

Eran Weintraub, CEO of Let

: “The corona has erupted as a health epidemic, but has developed into an unprecedented socio-economic epidemic.

We are in the worst economic crisis in the history of the country, which will take Israeli society years to recover from.

The bleeding among the poor populations must be stopped, and the deterioration of hundreds of thousands of Israelis must be stopped from a state of temporary crisis following the loss of employment to a life of poverty, from which it is difficult to impossible to recover.

If the government is not wise enough to invest tens of billions of the most vulnerable populations, the collapse would be inevitable and we can expect a collapse of social resilience, and for many years of deep recession and differences irreconcilable. "

" The study year is done in the midst of one of the economic crises The big ones we knew. Therefore, we broadened our view beyond poverty this year, to attack the true dimensions of economic hardship, its characteristics and depth. The big concern is that economic hardship caused by a temporary crisis, if left untreated, will degenerate families into poverty and later into chronic poverty. "Prior to the crisis, they were in a reasonable and even good economic situation. The importance of the study is that it characterizes the families who are in distress and at risk of further deterioration, thus helping to focus aid efforts and make them more effective."

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