Israel - Lapid: Welfare Doesn’t End Poverty, Work Does
Today 12:21 PM
Israel - The answer to poverty is work, not government welfare support, Finance Minister Yair Lapid said.
Responding to an OECD report that pegged Israel’s poverty level in 2010 as the highest among developed countries, Lapid told Israel Radio, “Allowances don’t take people out of poverty, they keep people in poverty. Work brings people out of poverty.”
Lapid pointed out that in Israel, two groups contributed to overall poverty more...
Jerusalem - Israel Disputes French TV Claim On Palestinian Boy's Death
Today 12:17 PM
Jerusalem - Israel has completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.
France 2 network's images from Sept. 30, 2000, days...
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