MK Stav Shaffir (Zionist Union) has responded to a report by the OEC that lists Israel as a leader in poverty. She claimed, "this is how the Netanyahu government wants its citizens: working, poor, and scared."
MK Shaffir continued: "The OECD report proves that poverty in Israel is official policy. It is the continual, insolent, and destructive policy of a government that, year after year, dries up its social services, is afraid to deal with centralization, doesn't confront the housing problems, and acts as though it is blind to the weakest sector, which is growing before our eyes."