The economy is reopening, but many Israelis on unpaid leave refuse to return to their old jobs
Mar. 3, 2021 Yossi, a 40-year-old from Atlit, has been unemployed for about a year, a victim of the economic downturn caused by the pandemic. But he has no complaints about COVID ruining his life; on the contrary, it’s enabled him to fulfill a dream. For employers, however, it’s been a nightmare. Until last March, Yossi worked in a packaging-goods factory, but orders dried up and they put him on unpaid leave. Later, the factory itself closed altogether, exactly a week after his wife gave birth to their third child. Zionism’s tragic mistake, according to one of Israel’s harshest critic...
Source: haaretz.com