No one notices that the most vulnerable are the most vulnerable, those who earn the least and receive old age, disability, income supplement and alimony - are left without pay and without compensation.

Much goodwill and resources were invested in the various government assistance programs. But within the Corona storm and the government's decision to allocate tens of billions of shekels to help the economy, the poorest workers in Israeli society were actually forgotten.

There are about 33,000 recipients of allowances, who worked and after the crisis were dismissed from work. Because of the ban on "double annuities", which means that two annuities cannot be received at the same time - they will not qualify for regular unemployment benefits. They will have to choose between the unemployment benefit and the other benefits they receive.

For example, Ilana from Jerusalem, 65, who receives an old-age pension and a disability pension, which together comes to NIS 2,800 a month. To make it happen, she works in a kindergarten and earns NIS 4,000 a month. When the crisis broke out, it was an expense to the USSR.

"I don't have a pension, and now I have nothing to live for. How come I don't get anything? I don't just ask for my rights. Instead of thanking people of our age who are trying to support themselves and not demanding the state, is that what they do? Make sure all the working people get the right Theirs for unemployment. That's our existence. "

Ilana is not the only one. There are now four different groups of workers' pension recipients, who are in the same situation: 20,000 working women aged 66-62, 5,500 citizens receiving income support, 4,200 people with disabilities, and 3,500 women in need of alimony. All these worked on the eve of the Corona and were fired. Of course, if more workers are laid off or taken out of the USSR, those numbers are likely to rise. 33,000 of those laid off are the most vulnerable in the company, people who do not belong to a pressure group. People without a voice and without representation. "No unemployment benefit, no pension and a pension of less than "We have nothing to eat for NIS 3,000."

The solution is relatively simple: the government must enshrine in the law and regulations that during the days of the corona it is possible to receive full unemployment benefits even to those who receive other allowances. And the good news is that the cost of repair is not high and is expected to amount to about NIS 60 million a month. A relatively negligible cost for the already announced $ 80 billion aid program. In fact, even if the current situation lasts two or three more months, this expenditure will only reach 0.2% of the total government aid program, and the money will save tens of thousands of people in Israel.

Adv. Tali Nir is the CEO of 121 - an engine for social change