The National Insurance Institute is at your side during your life, from birth to advanced age, granting you a variety of social rights adapted to changing life situations. Further information...
The National Insurance Institute is responsible for the social security of Israeli residents. Its primary mission is to ensure means of subsistence for those unable to earn their living. Further information...
The National Insurance Institute collects insurance contributions from all residents according to their social background and status, and pays benefits to those entitled. Hence, the income of economically established groups is transferred to weak and vulnerable groups and, thereby, the National Insurance Institute contributes to a more equitable distribution of national income and the reduction of dimensions of poverty. Further information...
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Widowhood is a crisis not only for the widow or widower who is left alone and is forced to confront an entire new reality, but also for the family which remains with a vacuum that is very hard to fill. The NII offers some financial solutions in the form of benefits as well as vocational rehabilitation for widows and widowers unable to provide for themselves. In this case, the specific benefit one is entitled to depends on the cause of the spouse’s death.