Since October 7, tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers have been added to the approximately one million people with disabilities in Israel. Every day, Nova survivors who were left with PTSD, IDF wounded, war refugees, families of the abducted and murdered, our fighters are exposed – all of whom will carry physical or mental disabilities for the rest of their lives. Many have suffered panic attacks. This is a disability in every respect, and the fear is that it will not go away.
The new New Deal between the state and its citizens must relate especially to the tens of thousands who have reluctantly joined the family of disabilities. It is imperative to reform the Israeli legal system, which discriminates and blocks people with disabilities.
The law permits wages of NIS 8-2 an hour in protected factories, without rights. This is modern slavery. The law prohibits the employment of people with mental disabilities in childcare centers. In other words, according to the law, 250,<> civilians with mental disabilities (shell shock, post-traumatic stress disorder) are dangerous to children.
The peak of discrimination is the "Laron Law" and the disregard, which are the major barrier to integrating people with disabilities into the workforce: the law establishes a salary of NIS 5,700, from which people with disabilities begin to receive the allowance.
Accessibility is equality, because it depends on the ability of a person with disabilities to perform basic activities. You will understand - the sidewalks in Tel Aviv are sunken, but they are sunk for strollers and not wheelchairs.
Israeli society is also stigmatic and discriminatory: according to surveys, 48% of Israelis would not agree to live with someone with mental disabilities or autism, and 61% would not agree to rent them an apartment. 71% of all Israelis are employed in the economy, but only 51% of people with disabilities are employed.
In order to ensure the integration of those who became disabled in the massacre and the war that broke out in its wake, it is imperative to restart the attitude of the state and Israeli society towards citizens with disabilities:
enact a law requiring their integration into work; Enforce the law we initiated in 2017, according to which each government body must employ 5 per cent of workers with disabilities in every government body, municipality, government company and municipality; require universities to admit people with disabilities to certain quotas; Take care of accessibility in cities - physical, cognitive, emotional, for the deaf and blind, and more.
According to surveys, 48% of Israelis would not agree to live with someone with mental disabilities or autism, and 61% would not agree to rent them an apartment
obligation to amend laws that discriminate against persons with disabilities; create legislation to punish those who discriminate against people with disabilities because of their disability; To create a mechanism to address the special needs created after the great disaster. All this - in order to enable people with disabilities who have joined the circle of disabilities to work, start families, integrate into society as self-employed and continue with their lives from the point where they changed.
There is no national resilience without mutual guarantee. A guarantee that means inclusion and inclusion of those who have difficulties, those who look different, behave differently, walk differently and experience everything differently. The state must fight the war of people with disabilities to have an equal chance of integrating into work and society.
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