The economic situation of families in Israel is declining rapidly, according to a cross-comparison of Central Bureau of Statistics data and Social Affairs Ministry reports. About 28% of Israeli families sought help from welfare bureaus in 2011 – marking an increase of 20% from 2009 and about 75% from 1998.

The proportion of families needing help has increased even though the average number of children per family remains virtually unchanged, at 3.7 children per household.

In 2011, there were some 1.83 million families in Israel, and about 520,000 of those have applied for help or are under the care of the Social Affairs Ministry, according to Central Bureau of Statistics figures released for Family Day (February 6).

In 71% of cases, the welfare bureaus are treating all of the family's members. In 2009, the ministry cared for 435,500 households – about 20.2% of all households in Israel that year, while in 1998 the caseload was 298,000 households – or about 18% of households.

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where are the right wingers that support this welfare state ? how do you explain american $ going to support Israeli families on welfare but cutting welfare benefits to americans ? some would call that treasonist

I think the "right wingers" as well as decent people all over the world simply object to Muslims killing Jews in the name of their religion which not so decent people keep calling "national liberation" for some reason.

WWII was a progressive war waged by a progressive president. All the neo-cons are former communists. If you object, you're an antisemitic. This is on the Left.

Yet the GOP is willing to send Americans to die for that socialist state, oh the irony

The United States government has a deal with Israel that it can't exactly get out of, for one. Also, as to whether Israel is socialist is debatable, but we could probably agree that it is more socialist than America. A number of Americans politically or ideologically aligned with the GOP or members thereof have criticized Israel for having a parliamentarian government (many of which, the European kind, are written off as "socialist"). One more thing, is the context of Israeli social welfare all that much like the context of American social welfare? I mean, is there anywhere near as much fraud?

Compared to the US every country is socialist but Israel is a lot more capitalist than socialist.

Sadly no.