Arab-Israeli plumbers waive fee after hearing 95-year old client is a Holocaust survivor

The plumber described how after hearing her story, he decided that they “would not take a penny from her.”

On the bill, the plumbers wrote that the customer was a “Holocaust survivor; may she live until 120,” the age at which Jewish people traditionally wish each other to live until. Signing their names, they wrote that she owed them “0.00”, rather than the approximately 1,000 shekel (£233) the job had cost.

They also told her that if she had needed any other work done in the future, they would do it for her for free.

Mrs Meir said she had been “really surprised” by the gesture, asking “where are there other people like this in the country?

“It was so moving and uplifting. I thanked them a lot.”

The brothers said that they were brought up to help people.

“Money is important, but it’s not the most important thing”, they said.

“The most important thing is to show humanity.”