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Israel Hunger Facts
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 Hunger
is on the rise in Israel. Throughout the country,
increasing numbers of Israelis are relying on emergency
food programs to meet their most basic nutritional
needs.
Consider:
- 22% of Israeli citizens – approximately
1,100,000 people – are food insecure.
- Of those Israeli citizens who are food insecure, 60% are Jewish, 20% are Arab, and 20% are new immigrants.
- According to the National Insurance Institute, nearly 30% of Israeli children – approximately 690,000 – live below the national poverty line.
- Over 20% of Israel’s elderly live below
the national
poverty line.
- The poverty line in Israel stands at NIS
4,500 a month ($937.50) for a household of two
adults and two children. Click
here to download a recent report on poverty
and income inequality in Israel by the National
Insurance Institute of Israel.
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