FACT CHECK · NETANYAHU, ISRAELI POLITICS AND THE BALLOT BOX
Claim: Haredim don't work and live on welfare
MISLEADINGTHE ANSWER
54% of Haredi men were employed in 2024 (55.5% in 2023); 81% of women in 2023. Around 85% of the non-Haredi population (IDI). A big gap, true, but 'they don't work' is false.
SOURCE
Times of Israel (T2) reporting Israel Democracy Institute study (nonpartisan think tank)
timesofisrael.com
timesofisrael.com
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Haredim don't work”
- “Live on welfare”
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- “Haredi unemployment”
- “They don't pay taxes”
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