Handicap

Petition filed against High Court over suspension of disabled parking permits

“The decision by the Transportation Ministry sentences thousands of people with disabilities to isolation, suffering, and inaccessibility," the petition states.

 Disabled elderly man using a walker to help him walk.
 Handicap home Beit Dafna in Holon, where three residents died on May 1-2, 2022.

Three dead, three hospitalized in Holon disabilities home from food poisoning

 Handicap home Beit Dafna in Holon, where three residents died on May 1-2, 2022.

Three die in special-needs home in Holon, cause unclear

 New ramps in the Old City of Jerusalem, part of six kilometers of alleys made wheelchair friendly.

Six kilometers of Jerusalem's Old City alleys announced wheelchair accessible


COP26: Disabled Israeli minister let in, conference apologizes

"#COP26 must be inclusive and accessible to all and the venue is designed to facilitate that."

 Energy Minister Karin Elharrar speaks with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26).

Disabled Israeli minister left out of inaccessible climate conference

Energy Minister Karin Elharrar left the conference after two hours of unsuccessful attempts to get into the conference from several entrances.

 Israli Minister of Energy Karin Elharar speaks at  a Yesh Atid party conference marking 100 days for the formation of the Israeli government, in Shefayim, September 22, 2021.

Shaked slams coalition colleagues as Likud dares her to leave

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett convened his Yamina Party on Wednesday evening in order to clear the air after a clash on Twitter between MKs Shirley Pinto and Abir Kara.

Shirley Pinto, the first deaf Knesset member with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during a swearing in ceremony of new Israeli parliament members at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 16, 2021.

Handicap organizations to resume protests, will block major highways

Handicap protests block Ayalon, 25/07/2021

Tel Aviv named among world's most wheelchair-friendly cities

Tel Aviv appears in a list of seven global wheelchair-friendly cities including Barcelona, Vienna and Berlin.

Tel Aviv - among the world's most wheelchair-friendly cities

Handicap parking marked under a parked car while its owner was on vacation

After confirming several times that he could indeed park in that spot, the man left for his vacation in Northern Israel and when he returned he found what had happened

FINDING PARKING in Jerusalem: No easy feat.

The world from a wheelchair

As I struggled to pass a 3-cm-high step without tipping myself over, the people of Israel around me mostly busied themselves with their phones

THE WRITER learns firsthand how those who are disabled and confined to a wheelchair function in everyday life, accompanied by Ophir Eytan

On a roll: Accessible Jerusalem

Today, many of Jerusalem’s amazing sites are accessible to those using wheelchair mobility.

THE BIBLE Lands Museum’s many stairs may be avoided by taking the elevator, which stops at each level.

Jerusalem affairs: My sister, my hero

People with special needs and challenges are not prevented from making aliyah, but the state stipulates a few rules before they can become an Israeli citizen.

ACCORDING TO the JDC report, 95% of parents of special-needs children claimed they are in great need of financial assistance.

Head of the IDF organization for disabled veterans: We're being victimized

Idan Clayman called PM Benjamin Netanyahu to "wake up" and help his and his fellow warriors' situation

IDF soldiers partake in a drill

Jerusalem: Old but accessible?

Despite the challenges and limitations, four kilometers of streets in the Muslim, Armenian and Christian Quarters in the Old City of Jerusalem are now fully accessible.

THE PROJECT makes open public spaces accessible according to type of activity and intensity of use.