Israel's Poverty-stricken Citizens

[Coolville]

I just read an interesting article. With the 5th General Election in 10 years underway in Israel, most of us know what the main issue is.

But what is shocking is that the growing poverty in the country isn't even on the agenda for the major parties.

Israel is in the midst of its worst economic crisis and this issue is completely absent from the debate.

1,169,000 Israelis live under the poverty line (out of ca. 6 million)

Unemployment is at 10% and growing.

Inflation is at 8% and growing.

Wages are down 4.5% and falling.

The 2003 budget includes further cuts of 12% in social projects.

The richest 10% of Israelis earn 20 times more than the poorest 10%. In the Western world, this sad statistic places Israel in 2nd place regarding financial inequality, second only to the USA.

Israel was once a symbol of solidarity and, in the past, often spoke optimistically of becoming a welfare state on par with European countries.

Now she is in ruins. A shame, really.

 

[SINthysist]

Fawking Palestinians!

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

I just read an interesting article. With the 5th General Election in 10 years underway in Israel, most of us know what the main issue is.

But what is shocking is that the growing poverty in the country isn't even on the agenda for the major parties.

Israel is in the midst of its worst economic crisis and this issue is completely absent from the debate.

1,169,000 Israelis live under the poverty line (out of ca. 6 million)

Unemployment is at 10% and growing.

Inflation is at 8% and growing.

Wages are down 4.5% and falling.

The 2003 budget includes further cuts of 12% in social projects.

The richest 10% of Israelis earn 20 times more than the poorest 10%. In the Western world, this sad statistic places Israel in 2nd place regarding financial inequality, second only to the USA.

Israel was once a symbol of solidarity and, in the past, often spoke optimistically of becoming a welfare state on par with European countries.

Now she is in ruins. A shame, really.

When in doubt, instead of dealing with the problem, make sure you have a useful enemy to distract the masses while you rape the public coffers...

 

[Coolville]

Fawking Palestinians!

Yeah, if the Israeli poor have a rough time of it, imagine what it's like for the Palestinians! Much worse.

 

[p_p_man]

Yes Sharon has led the country...

to economic ruin.

This is one of the main points that should have been hammered home by the Labour Party, but wasn't. Strange really as it was over his economic policies they withdrew from the coalition.

Sharon keeps peoples' attention away from the problem by continuing his invasions into Palestinian area...

Witness the one a few days ago when 500 tanks went into the Gaza Strip and destroyed 100 homes and murdered about 60 Palestinians. As well as shooting an 8 year old boy, killing hoim and wounding his brother as they were playing outside their home...

ppman

 

[SINthysist]

War causes poverty nutball...

You need to send some Humanitarian Aid...



Instead you pick on the weak. But I guess it is just them and France for ya'll, eh?

 

[SINthysist]

Takes a lot of money to keep up tanks.

Now if Palestine would just disarm, then we'd have reason to disarm Israel, provided of course a few other RICH Arab nations decide to put oil profits into people instead of war...

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

War causes poverty nutball...

You need to send some Humanitarian Aid...



Instead you pick on the weak. But I guess it is just them and France for ya'll, eh?

Yeah, send the Palestinians some aid, dammit!!! Me and SIN are gonna protest against Israel later this week...so stop picking on the weak already!

 

[Guest]

 

[Johnny Mayberry]

Israel is a manufactured nation, based on theft, and founded in teh blood of the land's owners, the Palestinians. The Jews have a Yiddish word, chutzpah, which means, among other things, 'raping, stealing, and murdering, then claiming victim status when your victim retaliates'.

 

[Coolville]

Takes a lot of money to keep up tanks.

Now if Palestine would just disarm, then we'd have reason to disarm Israel, provided of course a few other RICH Arab nations decide to put oil profits into people instead of war...

YEah, we could help them disarm.
Send them some wheelbarrows so they can cart those rocks away.

 

[SINthysist]

Well someone's sending them anti-tank guns and rocket launchers to vote with!

 

[Guest]

 

[SINthysist]

I agree.

 

[ullr]

Fawking Palestinians!

SAY it again, bro!

 

[SINthysist]

Fawking Palestinians!

 

[zipman]

Israel is a manufactured nation, based on theft, and founded in teh blood of the land's owners, the Palestinians. The Jews have a Yiddish word, chutzpah, which means, among other things, 'raping, stealing, and murdering, then claiming victim status when your victim retaliates'.

I think a better definition of "chutzpah" is being angry at a country, created by the UN, because they have successfully managed to defend themselves from every arab attack, despite overwhelming odds, for years. "Chutzpah" does not mean what was quoted above by Johhny Jew-hater.

Palestine was TransJordan which the Jordanians gave up because even they didn't want the Palestinians there. Palestine is the artificial creation that has now rewritten history in the region.

 

[Olivianna]

Israel is a manufactured nation, based on theft, and founded in teh blood of the land's owners, the Palestinians. The Jews have a Yiddish word, chutzpah, which means, among other things, 'raping, stealing, and murdering, then claiming victim status when your victim retaliates'.

This is fucking crap. Your idiocy offends me...briefly.

 

[Guest]