Netanyahu, finance minister reverse earlier decision to end payouts, which had risked leaving hundreds of thousands out of work with no income

Itzik Shumli urges Finance Ministry to extend payout period or risk leaving hundreds of thousands out of work with no income at all

Holon building also housing branches of National Insurance Institute lightly damaged by fire, 'the blood of the self-employed is not worthless' spray-painted on wall

Critics have blasted the across-the-board grants, saying they aren't targeted at those hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic

National Insurance Institute chief says his organization is overwhelmed and behind schedule because of rising coronavirus-related joblessness

Officials from Treasury, National Insurance Institute said to conclude they can't deliver funds by next week, after Netanyahu promised NIS 500 per child for holiday

With West Bank shuttered off, laborers say they don't know whether they'll be able to afford groceries in coming days; unionist suggests Israel can help alleviate crisis

Some 573,000 newly out of work since beginning of March as entire industries shut down; officials expect cost of benefits to top NIS 3 billion

Defense Ministry refuses to recognize Aisha Rabi as a terror victim as she wasn't a citizen, denying her family of compensation; husband's lawyers vows to appeal decision

National Insurance Institute report ranks country's child poverty rates second to bottom in OECD; MK decries 'one of the deepest social crises' Israel has known