Biden accuses US president of an 'abdication of responsibility' with 'devastating consequences' as fate of bipartisan legislation remains in limbo

Conference attendees hear of 'meteoric' jump in requests for food assistance, and unemployment that will stay high with just one opening for every 16 jobless people

Central Bureau of Statistics says 14.6% of Israelis without work in November, down from 18% in October

Israeli GDP seen contracting 4.25% in 2020, amid increased unemployment and insolvencies after second national lockdown; report urges passing of state budget

Opposition leader Yair Lapid calls automatic annual pay increase for Knesset members 'scandalous,' calls upon MK's to 'strengthen the public trust in the Knesset'

Of the 108,475 people newly registered as jobless in October, 16% were fired, compared with 9% in September; as in first lockdown, young people and women once again bear the brunt

Unlike many OECD countries that subsidize flexible, part-time furlough for workers during pandemic, Israel insists on all or nothing; critics say unpreparedness is the main reason

Hundreds of small companies and thousands of independent workers reportedly received grants they had not qualified for and will now be forced to give money back

Officials say nearly 1 million -- almost a quarter of the workforce -- out of work, of whom almost 600,000 are on furlough

While politicians tussle and pontificate, their failure to pass a budget and appoint top officials leaves government agencies unable to tackle the worst fallout of the pandemic

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