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The National Insurance Institute of Israel (NII), one of the pillars on which social policy in Israel rests, operates under the National Insurance Law, passed by the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) in November 1953. The NII aims to provide weak population groups and families in temporary or long-term difficulties with a financial basis for subsistence. Today the NI Law includes a wide variety of programs, such as old-age and survivors, maternity, children, work injury, general disability, long-term care, unemployment, bankruptcy and liquidation of corporations. In addition to the National Insurance Law, the National Insurance Institute is in charge of enforcing other laws and agreements in the field of social insurance, such as the Income Support Law, designed to protect every family from loss of income and to assist needy populations.
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| Minimizing Poverty - A National Goal | |
The NII serves as an instrument for re-distribution of the national income. The most important social goal the National Insurance Institute has set for itself is to reduce the scope of poverty and the socio-economic gaps in Israel. This goal is achieved by paying benefits to those eligible and providing other services |
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| Funding Sources | |
The main source of financing NII benefits under the National Insurance Law is the national insurance contributions collected from all residents. In 2005 the NII covered 2,430,000 employees – employed by 201,000 employers – and 595,700 non-employed persons, of whom 310,600 were self-employed. |
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| Office Holders | |
The National Insurance Institute is a corporation by law, under the supervision of the Minister of Social Affairs and subject to the review of the State Comptroller. The Minister is in charge of implementing the National Insurance Law, is authorized to enact regulations to this Law and is chairman of the NII Council. |
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| Public Inquiries | |
Much information can be found in the website regarding your rights and obligations in the National Insurance Institute. There are a variety of ways to contact the National Insurance Institute.
 For complaints and personal appeals, use the Claim Form. Please make sure to note your ID number on the form.
For general questions, use the General Questions Form , and the professional department will respond as soon as possible. Due to the Personal Privacy Law, you are requested not to enclose any personal medical information. For more information (personal information) you can call the National Call Center .
For addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of local branches and the different service channels, please click here.
The National Call Center provides the followings services: general information, inquiries – personal information, ordering authorizations, debt payments using credit cards, ordering payment stubs, ordering blank forms and guidebooks.
To receive information about National Insurance Institute activities, or to receive an application for public information according to the Freedom of Information Law (obtaining information according to this law entails a token payment), please contact the person in charge of freedom of information.
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It is recommended to check the homepage before you contact us with questions. |
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| Fraud Prevention | |
| The National Insurance Institute (NII) pays the public some 45 billion shekels a year through benefits. The NII acts to maximize take-up of rights on the part of Israel’s citizens, so that all those entitled to benefits under the law will receive them. At the same time, it acts to prevent persons not entitled to benefits from receiving benefits illegally or from deceiving the NII.
The transfer of money to non-entitled persons reduces the budgetary pie from which the NII pays benefits and harms the public at large.
In order to prevent the illegal transfer of funds, the NII established an Investigations Department, as well as a Coordination Unit to deal with the problem of fraud on a criminal level together with the Israel Police Force. |
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| Forms and Authorizations | |
On this screen you can print and order claim forms for benefits, forms related to insurance and collection, and authorizations of entitlement to benefits. |
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| Link to Hebrew | |
The Hebrew site is considerably more comprehensive in the services it offers: downloading forms, authorization of receipt of benefits, payment on-line. and other services.
For the Hebrew site –click here. |
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| National Insurance Institute in RSS | |
The National Insurance Institute in RSS The National Insurance Institute website enables you, the surfers of the website, to enjoy the option to receive all of the information that is important to you automatically, directly to your computer. Through RSS technology you can see the title of the information updated in the website, according to your personal preferences, without roaming and looking for new data. |
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| Declaration of Accessibility | |
The National Insurance Institute of Israel, the body responsible for the social security of the country's citizens, considers its internet site to be an inseparable part of the network of service channels to the public.
Great efforts have therefore been made in making the information and services on the site accessible to persons with disabilities.
The purpose of placing an accessibility sign on the site is to make surfers aware of the site's accessibility.
The level of the site's accessibility:
· Many of the site's information pages are accessible at level "2" according to W3C guidelines.
· The forms of the site pages were checked by the following software: jaws8, zoom text, read-it.
· The graphic objects have a textual alternative (alt).
· The general content site is adapted to viewing by means of the various browsers (except for the payments site).
· One may control the size of the letters in the display of the screen.
· Simple and clear language is used insofar as possible.
· There is a fixed structure for all the site's pages.
· The forms are in PDF format that are readable in the jaws software.
We wish to thank the surfers who contributed of their time and good will to checking the site.
We would be happy to receive questions or comments on the topic of the site's accessibility by means of this feedback form.
Further information on topics of accessibility:
Accessibility Israel – the Association for the Advancement of Accessibility and Independence for the Disabled in Israel
Internet Accessibility – the Israel Internet Association |
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