Word: shekel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same time, the blatant discrimination Arabs suffer in Israeli society makes the community fertile ground for radicalism. For every shekel the central government spends on an Arab citizen, it spends 2.5 on a Jewish one. While 11% of Israel's Jews live below the poverty line, 52% of its Arabs do. No Arab has ever been a full Cabinet minister, and even the Prime Minister's adviser on Arab affairs is and always has been...