Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent. 30/07/07. C
hairwoman of the Knesset lobby for Holocaust survivors, Labor MK Colette Avital, condemned on Monday the monthly allowance the government has decided to grant 120,000 survivors. The decision allocates survivors some NIS 1,000 [€ 169.031; US$ 231.214] in its first year of its implementation, which comes about to about NIS 83 monthly [€ 14.0301; US$ 19.1943]. Avital called the decision a "mockery." The benefit will be extended to 120,000 survivors over the age of 70 who receive old age allowances. Each person can expect to receive NIS 83 per month in the first year, a sum which will increase gradually each year. "We are correcting a 60-year-old blight," Olmert said of the decision. "Holocaust survivors living in Israel are entitled to live respectably without reaching a situation in which it is beyond their means to enjoy a hot meal".
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israel.jpost.com.30/07/07. "Scorn for the poor and salt in the eyes of Holocaust survivors," Colette Avital said of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's decision on giving additional monetary aid to survivors, Israel Radio reported Monday. There are some 260,000 Holocaust survivors in Israel today, one third of whom live below the poverty line. Many suffer from physical and emotional ailments, loneliness and depression, and a lack of family and social support systems. This is an aging population, with 10,000 of its members requiring welfare assistance.
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