enjoyed rising living standards over two decades of strong economic growth. The incidence of poverty is now much lower and …

the last decade, but the benefits of this are being distributed unevenly. Poverty rates are higher than in any OECD … population with poverty and employment rates similar to those of OECD countries. On the other, there are Arabs and ultra … of Arab and Haredi families live in poverty. Almost half of all children entering primary school in Israel come from one …