Migrant workers

Israeli government under pressure to overhaul foreign worker policy

The appeal followed Englman’s report on the state’s handling of the labor crisis in construction after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, when the entry of Palestinian workers into Israel was halted.

Foreign workers in the construction industry with Eldad Nitzan, chairman of the foreign manpower corporations.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Yad Vashem with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 26, 2026.

India, Israel agree to increase Indian foreign workers in Israel by 50,000 in the next five years

Israeli soldiers walk, at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, September 8, 2024.

Israel detains four foreign nationals who illegally crossed into Israel from Jordan

Painting of the government complex build  with people protesting in front of it against the deportation of themselves, their families, or their friends.ing in Tel Aviv

'Home is here': Art exhibition showcases undocumented children's stories amid release of new report


Death toll from sunken Lebanon migrant boat rises to 94

The fatalities continue to grow in numbers after a ship carrying migrants from Lebanon sank.

Lebanon ship sinks 248.88

Another delay in bringing in more foreign construction workers

 Eldad Nitzan, Chairman of the Association of Foreign Corporations for the Construction Industry, Chamber of Commerce

Israel’s problem: Lots of jobs, not enough workers to fill them - analysis

Unemployment is at a two-year low of 3.6%, about the same as in the United States but less than the 6.8% average in the European Union countries and the 5% rate in the OECD.

Israeli national flags flutter in front of an office tower at a business park housing high tech companies, at Ofer Park in Petah Tikva.

Foreign students in Israel recognized as human trafficking victims

Some 49 migrant workers were recognized by Israel as victims of human trafficking in 2021, a Knesset committee discussed.

Students at the Arava International Center for Agriculture Training

Construction industry official: 15,000 foreign workers needed urgently

Housing prices could rise if more workers not brought in, quota not increased by 90%.

 CONSTRUCTION SLOWDOWN in Jerusalem?

The Great Gulf Citizenship Competition -analysis

In a quest to advance their economies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have begun to offer citizenship to a few select foreigners.

SAUDI ARABIA’S envoy and other Gulf states gather in Kuwait in 2017.

Female foreign agriculture workers suffer gender-based violence, expert says

Most Thai female foreign workers who work in Israeli agriculture are liable to experience some form of gender-based violence at their jobs.

A Thai worker picks Etrogs, a citrus fruit used in rituals during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in a grove in the southern community of Nave, near the border with the Gaza Strip and Egypt, October 6, 2014

What is the state of migrants in Israel?

Courts’ report portrays judges as highly efficient; NGO’s report depicts them as lacking sufficient humanity in allowing foreigners to languish in detention.

An African migrant sits near the Old Central Bus Station in south Tel Aviv, Israel February 3, 2020

Climate expert warns we are in the final window to mitigate climate change

"There will be hotter days and more extreme weather events," climate Advocate Tami Ganot Rosenstreich said. "We are getting a lesson in humility from nature."

A CARNIVAL float depicts climate change, personification of planet Earth and the coronavirus in Duesseldorf, Germany, in February.

Thai farmworkers among the most vulnerable in Israel to Hamas rocket fire

The casualties suffered in migrant worker communities are in no small part due to government inaction on protecting foreign laborers.

A Thai worker picks Etrogs, a citrus fruit used in rituals during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in a grove in the southern community of Nave, near the border with the Gaza Strip and Egypt, October 6, 2014