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Rising food prices, dollar's fall
squeeze Israeli aid groups, poor
Brian Hendler
Israeli shoppers, seen here at a Jerusalem market, are paying rising prices for basic food items.
As the price of food staples have risen, Israel's poor and the nonprofit groups that serve them have been hardest hit, with some impoverished Israelis skipping meals to pay their monthly bills.

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