Inequality

Israel cannot demand unity while governing inequality - opinion

Israel asks citizens to fight together, to sacrifice together, and to carry the weight of war and uncertainty together, and yet it governs them as if they are not equal partners in that burden.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu is seen at the Knesset plenum.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is underdiagnosed in ultra-Orthodox and Arab-Israeli populations, according to Jerusalem Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.

Haredi, Arab children with autism face inequality and delay in diagnosis, study finds

 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa briefs the media on South Africa's G20 presidency for 2025 at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, December 3, 2024.

G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle 'inequality emergency'

  A woman walks past a poster showing Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

'Know this, Khamenei, this is your end': Iranians slam regime in footage from Tehran to Israel


78% of Israel's trans community have considered suicide in past year

According to the study, there are significant gaps between transgender people and the general population in different job sectors, levels of income, and overall well-being.

SARAH WEIL (right) and Jewish educator and trans-activist Yiscah Smith wrap themselves in a flag at the rally in Jerusalem Saturday night

Middle East suffers from worst income inequality in the world - report

The average income of the bottom 50% of the population – less than $8,000 – is just a little more than 1% of the average income of the top 1% of the population.

First Gulf Bank (FGB), Khalid Bin Al-Waleed Road in Dubai, UAE

Bringing poverty to heel by understanding its causes

Since most poverty on earth afflicts rural people, we should acknowledge that food growers’ associations must also be processors of their bounty.

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE members planning their local projects in Morocco’s Oujda Region.

Pessimism over economy was running high before coronavirus lockdown - Pew

Pessimism was highest globally over whether the gap between rich and poor could be reduced.

FILE PHOTO: People who lost their jobs wait in line to file for unemployment benefits, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Arkansas Workforce Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. April 6, 2020

Leslie Wexner ignored inappropriate behavior of top executive

The Times investigation involved interviews with more than 30 current and former executives

Jeffrey Epstein looks on during a status hearing in his sex trafficking case, in this court sketch in New York

Despite declining income inequality, Israeli productivity lags behind

Between 2012 and 2017, the net income of households in lowest and middle quintiles increased at an average annual rate of 4%, compared to 2.6% among highest-quintile households.

Employees of Partner, an Israeli communication firm, work at their desks at Partner's headquaters in Rosh Ha'ayin near Tel Aviv, Israel June 21, 2016.

Israel's 70th anniversary through Arab eyes

Not everyone shares the same vision for the Jewish state.

AN ISRAELI Arab girl takes part in a ‘Land Day’ rally, an annual commemoration of the killing of six Arab citizens by Israeli police in 1976 during protests against land confiscations in Deir Hanna in Galilee

The inequality among Holocaust survivors

A Channel 2 report aired Saturday night highlighted this discrepancy and the plight of three elderly survivors living below the poverty line.

Young survivors of Auschwitz await the arrival of their Soviet liberators on January 7, 1945

Taub report: Economic slowdown, high poverty and inequality in Israel in 2017

"A State of the Nation 2017," produced by the Taub Center, offers a snapshot of the socioeconomic condition of Israel in 2017.

A homeless man lies on the street.