Days of Palestine, Berlin –Israeli emigrants in Berlin have launched a campaign encouraging Israelis to emigrate for higher living standard.
Those emigrants setup a Facebook page called “Olim LeBerlin,” says it offers “all the advice, explanations, bureaucracy and forms to help you get out of the impossible cost of living and goods in ‘Israel.’”
On Sunday, the group’s administrator challenged those in ‘Israel’ to match the price of a trip to the grocery store in Berlin, which totalled only 16.08 euros ($20.15) on a list of items that the author hypothesised would cost about NIS 200 ($54) at the cheapest branch of Israeli discount supermarket chain Rami Levi.
“We challenge somebody to buy the same [grocery items] wherever they choose in Israel,” the Facebook post reads.
“I remember from last summer when I bought a two-litter bottle of Prigat fresh-squeezed orange juice for NIS 29 ($7.80). I have other tough memories of a package of ‘Of Tov’ schnitzel that, without any shame, cost NIS 45-50 ($12-$14).”
The growing cost of living in ‘Israel’ has been pushing lots of Israelis to emigrate from the occupation entity.
Official figures from 1990 to 2011 actually show a drop in immigration in past years, from a high of 19,400 in 2001 to 6,700 in 2011.
Former Finance Ministry director general Doron Cohen told the business daily Globes Sunday that a “Facebook page that encourages Israelis to emigrate to Berlin is the lowest thing in the world.”
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