tisdag 29 november 2011

Fattigdom ett problem i Israel

Uppgifter från National Insurance Institute i Israel säger att ca 20 % av befolkningen har en sådana ekonomisk situation att de har svårigheter att skaffa tillräckligt med mat.

New data show 20% of Israelis can’t afford food (Jerusalem Post) 

“There is a serious problem with nutritional insecurity whereby people are forced to go without enough food or without food completely; in other cases families find food but it is not appropriate or healthy,” commented the Welfare Ministry’s Director General Nahum Itzkovitz. 

However, he said to use the term “hunger” might be a little extreme.

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