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Are Israelis going hungry?
Two million Israelis have reported loss of income due to the crisis, and about 510,000 citizens have not yet returned to the labor market since the beginning of the corona crisis.
A BEGGAR in Jerusalem. 'People are falling very quickly and they are looking for help anywhere they can find it,’ says Leket’s founder and chairman Joseph Gitler.
(photo credit:
MARC ISRAEL SELLEM
)
By
CASSANDRA GOMES-HOCHBERG
SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 11:02
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