International doctor.
I am sending the attached appeal to various entities within the State of Israel where I live - however, there is no response from any organization or government ministry to the problems I raise here.
Everyone, without exception, ignores me, is unwilling to respond in a substantive manner, and attacks me for the mere fact that I am contacting them.
What do you think lenses can do?
Best regards,
Assaf Benyamini.
To:
The subject: Request for clarification.
Dear Madames/ Sirs.
I am a 54-year-old man (I am writing this on October 31, 2026) from the Jerusalem area - and I suffer from various health problems - physical and mental. Due to the deterioration in my health in recent years, I am having more and more difficulty getting to clinics (to a family doctor or a professional doctor) for medical examinations - if and when necessary.
I would like to point out that I am a person who lives on a very low income - a disability allowance from the National Insurance Institute, and I cannot afford to pay for the services of private doctors.
How can we still find a solution? What can be done?
Best regards,
Assaf Benyamini.
To:
The subject: Assistance with paying rent.
Dear Madames/ Sirs.
I am a person who suffers from a physical disability, and I live off a National Insurance Institute pension.
The Ministry of Construction and Housing transfers about 770 shekels per month to people like me as assistance for paying rent - in addition to the 100 shekels transferred by the Ministry of Health in the State of Israel for the same purpose.
As you know, it is not possible to rent an apartment in any area of the country for these amounts today - let alone one.
And how true is this when it comes to apartments accessible to the disabled, where rental costs are high?
Slightly.
I believe that there is an urgent need to update the amount of assistance and adjust it to the prices of rental
Apartments in Israel - especially for severely disabled people who cannot work.
What solution can be found in such a situation?
Best regards,
Assaf Benyamini,
7 HaAvivit Street - Apartment 8,
Kiryat Menachem,
Jerusalem, zip code: 9650817.
Post Scriptum. 1) My phone number: 972-58-6784040.
2) My email addresses: 029547403@walla.co.il or: 1972assaf@gmail.com or: ass.benyamini@yandex.com or: asafbb@proton.me or: a72assaf@aol.com or: asafew@astermail.org or: asafd@ze.io
3) The therapeutic framework in which I am located:
"Reut" Association - "Avivit" Hostel.
6 HaAvivit Street,
Kiryat Menachem,
Jerusalem,
ISRAEL, zip code: 9650816.
The hostel office phone numbers: 972-2-6432551. Or: 972-2-6428351.
The hostel's care coordinator, who comes to my apartment for home visits once a week:
Mrs. Sarah Stora-972-55-6693370.
Hostel Manager: Mrs. Stav Golan-Sade.
4) The family doctor with whom I am being monitored:
Dr. Brandon Stewart,
"Clalit Health Services" - "Hatailet" Clinic,
6 Daniel Yanovsky Street,
Jerusalem,
ISRAEL, zip code: 9338601.
The clinic office phone number: 972-2-5098282.
The fax number at the clinic offices: 972-2-6738551.
Dr. Brandon Stewart's direct phone number:054-5489970.
To: Social lobbies in Israel and around the world.
Subject: Cooperation to promote the rights of "transparent disabled people" in Israel.
Hello,
On July 10, 2018, I joined the movement.
"We will overcome - transparent disabled people in ISRAEL", which works to promote the rights of people with severe, invisible disabilities – physical or mental.
This is a large population of people with 75%–100% medical disability, who are unable to work but are not defined as having limited mobility. As a result, they are often left outside the social support system and are forced to deal with severe disparities compared to other disabled populations.
The "Nitgaber”(translation from Hebrew: We Will Overcome) movement, led by Tatiana Kadochkin, currently represents about 1,300 members from all over the country. Many of them face an extremely complex economic reality, which includes only a basic subsistence allowance, and without sufficient eligibility for public housing, rental assistance, or essential benefits such as discounts on medications, electricity, property taxes, and transportation.
In contrast, other disabled populations receive a broader basket of benefits that includes significant housing assistance and substantial pension increases. This situation creates a deep social gap that is not based on the actual level of incapacity for work, but rather on a technical definition.
Over the years, many appeals have been made to Knesset and government officials, but so far there has been no sufficient progress on the issue.
Therefore, we appeal to you for real and meaningful cooperation, the goal of which is to:
Promoting full recognition of the "transparent disabled" population
Expanding eligibility for public housing and rental assistance
Increasing the basket of benefits so that it reflects their actual functional status, creating equality and true social justice within the support system for the disabled in Israel.
This is not just a matter of policy – but a fundamental moral and social test of Israeli society.
We would be happy to meet, present additional data, and explore joint ways of action to promote real change.
Best regards,
Assaf Binyamini.
Member of the "We Will Overcome - Transparent Disabled" movement
Contact information and supporting movements:
"We Will Overcome - Transparent Disabled" Movement
Tatiana Kaduchkin – Chairwoman of the movement
📞 972-52-3708001 | 972-3-5346644
Assaf Benyamini
📞 972-58-6784040
"Lanefesh - Fighters for Life Working for Change" Association:
Rotem Faer – Director of the association
📞 972-54-7931317
Link to social networks:
To:
The subject: Refund for installing a guardrail.
Dear Madames/ Sirs.
I am a disabled person who lives in the Kiryat Menachem neighborhood of Jerusalem, and I found a private company that helped me install a safety railing on the stairs leading to the apartment where I live - which reduces the chance of falls that could have occurred due to serious health problems.
I live on a disability pension from the National Insurance Institute.
Is there a source from which a request for reimbursement for the cost of such work can be submitted?
And if so, from whom can a refund be requested? And under what conditions?
I should mention that although I live on the ground floor, there are 9 steps between my apartment and the street.
Best regards,
Assaf Binyamini.
Post Scriptum. Photo of the staircase where I requested the safety railing be installed:
Photo of the place after the railing was installed:
Below is a post I wrote on the social network Facebook.:
In community mental health settings, there is a dangerous and destructive situation that has lasted for many years:
Care coordinators, social workers, and rehabilitation counselors in community-based assisted living settings earn very low salaries, which can even be seen as demeaning considering that the jobs themselves are very demanding.
This has created a situation in which almost no serious professional is interested in working in these places - and everyone who can or finds an opportunity to do so leaves and moves to the private sector.
As a result, the associations, who do not want to be accused of completely neglecting the field, have significantly lowered the threshold requirements for employment - in simpler terms: hiring unsuitable people who cannot really do the job.
I notice this very well as a patient.
And as a direct result of the situation in which the "therapists" are almost always without appropriate training:
1) There is a sharp decline in their reliability.
2) The role itself is emptied of all content.
3) The "therapists", due to the lack of training necessary for this work, cannot assist in any way with essential procedures: referring patients to frameworks that match their condition, properly treating people in a variety of situations, performing a diagnosis and assessment for the patient-mother when required, assisting in exercising rights with authorities or government ministries, and more.
This creates a false impression among the public that people in hostels for the mentally ill in the community are supposedly "treated" - when, considering the facts described here, there is currently no such real capacity.
I would like to emphasize that these are in no way hasty or reckless conclusions: these are conclusions that I was forced to reach after noticing that this situation repeated itself in every setting I was in.
And there is no listening: generalizations are rejected in a blanket manner - but one must remember that even a blanket rejection of generalizations is in itself a generalization that can certainly lead to voluntary blindness and an unwillingness to admit a certain reality, even when all the facts point to it.
And someone has already said that the further a particular society moves away from the truth, the more it will hate those who tell it.
So I'm not attacking anyone personally - and I'm not criticizing any instructor or therapist who leaves a job at a public organization where they earn a pittance - and after all, you can't expect any young person to work their entire life under such conditions.
I think the only thing that could improve or change the situation would be an improvement in the employment conditions of rehabilitation counselors, social workers, and treatment coordinators - which unfortunately simply isn't happening (and I hope I'm wrong about that).
The government in the State of Israel is unwilling to take such steps for ideological reasons - and as a result, everyone is harmed: patients and staff alike.
Of course, the war of the last three years, which caused a sudden and sharp increase in the number of people in need of mental health care, has exacerbated the situation even further.
My feeling is that in the field of care we are currently on the verge of a much greater catastrophe - and it is very difficult to see how it can be avoided.
And to anyone who asks me if the social worker can't help - this is the answer.
Below is the letter, which I sent to the address:
Mrs. Stav Golan-Sade,
"Reut" Association - "Avivit" Hostel,
6 HaAvivit Street,
Kiryat Menachem,
Jerusalem,
ISRAEL, zip code: 9650816.
26 October 2026
To Mrs. Stav Golan-Sade, greetings:
The subject: Treatment coordination behavior.
Dear Madame.
At the home inspection that took place today, Monday, October 26, 2026 at 11:00 Ante Meridiem, the care coordinator who does home inspections in my apartment,
Mrs. Sarah Stora complained to me that she was receiving phone calls regarding various matters.related to me, following my inquiries to various parties.
Regarding this, I will reply that:
1) I do contact various agencies regarding areas related to my disability, including the frameworkA hostel in Aviv cannot handle it - and I don't see anything wrong with that.
2) As I have already made clear many times, references are not an attack on any such staff member orOther. In my appeals, I do express great criticism of structural shortcomings that do not allow for a therapeutic response,And some of them may even endanger my life.
And in a substantive criticism, it does not mean an "attack" as it were towards the therapeutic coordinator or any other staff member.
It is possible to criticize sometimes, and strive to correct shortcomings - without this automatically leading toSuch an attack on me personally.
3) I would be happy if the reference would be to the issues themselves and not to the mere fact that I am applying - that is my right.The basic right as a person and as a citizen of the State of Israel - and the very fact that I am defined as mentally impaired should not beAutomatically deny it to me.
4) I think there is nothing wrong with the fact that the care coordinator occasionally receives phone calls.On issues related to my care. During the home visit today, she threatened me because she would not allowI can send messages and she will only contact me from the hostel office.
I think that if the treatment coordinator is not willing to be in contact with related partiesFor the critical problems I am facing, it is appropriate for her to leave her position.
And in conclusion: I will continue to reach out to anyone I see fit, if and when the need arises.
The fact that I am defined as mentally ill should not deprive me of the right to take care of my own affairs - and this is especially true when it comes to critical issues that the hostel framework does not address.
Best regards,
Assaf Benyamini - resident of the "Avivit" hostel assisted living facility.
Post Scriptum. 1) My Identity number: 029547403.
2)The phone number of the care coordinator, Mrs. Sarah Stora: 972-55-6693370.
3) My email addresses: 029547403@walla.co.il or: 1972assaf@gmail.com or: asafbb@proton.me or: ass.benyamini@yandex.com or: a72assaf@aol.com or: asafd@ze.io or: asafew@astermail.org
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