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...The Bureau defines unemployed persons as citizens who are able and willing to work and are actively seeking employment through government employment bureau, manpower companies or independently, but who did not work for even one hour during the week of the survey... The data does therefore not include the majority of the country's destitute sectors - the chronically unemployed who are no longer looking for work, housewives and part-time employees. (ynet February 26,'07)
...70 percent of unemployed Israelis who were hired found only temporary jobs, mostly in the public sector, part-time work, and low-paying positions... (ynetnews) 700,000 jobs are part time or below minimum wage - unemployment 14% among those with only basic education (globes January, 08).
State report: More than 1 in 3 Israeli children live in poverty
The number of poor in Israel has risen sharply since 2000, with a staggering 34.1 percent of children now living in poverty, according to a report issued Monday by the National Insurance Institute.
A total of 1.58 million people now live in poverty in Israel, half a million more than in 2000, when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon took office. The number of poor children has reached 738,000, up from 714,000 last year and 482,000 in 2000.
