Number of poor families in increase in Israel

The Israeli minister of the Interior Elie Hashay has stressed that number of poor families has increased in Israel in an unprecedented way.

In an interview with the Israeli- Hebrew Language radio, the Israeli minister indicated that the current Israeli government has ignored the living conditions of the Israelis under the pretext of its interests in security and political affairs, calling on the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to work for forming an economic team beside the political and security team which is chaired by Sharon itself.

Hashay proposed to transfer all profits of the Israeli government's companies and establishments for the current year to deal with the drastic poverty conditions that many Israeli families suffer from, warning against the increasing rate of unemployment which recorded standard figures during the current year.