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.

APRIL 20, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

This update was part of a "List of 27 Outcomes" from the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Israel, which Jaiswal published on X/Twitter.

FEBRUARY 26, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

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

The unarmed individuals may have been migrant workers.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2025|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

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

Heartfelt art exhibit soon to open in Tel Aviv, featuring the work of children facing the threat of deportation due to their status as the children of migrant workers in Israel.

AUGUST 21, 2025|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

Shaked: Replace migrant workers with Palestinians

Justice Minister would like to see a legal program that will enable Palestinians to work in Israel, replacing the migrant workers who come to the country illegally.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

Palestinian workers build settlement home in Kedumim 311 (R)

Refugees/asylum seekers: Begin vs Netanyahu

Would Menachem Begin have supported Prime Minister Netanyahu's hard line on asylum seekers?

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017BySHELDON GELLAR

An African asylum seeker in Tel Aviv. ‘Most of Israel’s approximately 40,000 African asylum seekers chose Israel as their destination because that they knew that Israel was ademocracy and believed Israel would accept them because the Jewish People had gone through similar experiences.’

WATCH: Netanyahu, Barak take to social media to throw shade at one another

After PM Netanyahu took a jab at Barak in a viral video posted to his Facebook page, Barak fought back in his own sharply-worded post.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Ehud Barak at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem June 8, 2009.

Netanyahu pledges to deport African migrants

Prime Minister Netanyahu took a shot at the High Court of Justice about the status of most of the migrants.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

AN AFRICAN migrant walks with his luggage after being released from Holot detention center in the Negev in 2015.

Right-wing activists and south TLV residents protest court

Right-wing activists railed against what they view as the court's usurping the authority of the other branches of government.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM

Right-wing activists and south Tel-Aviv residents protesting outside the house of the Supreme Court President Miriam Naor in Jerusalem.

The politics of protesting unelected politicians

For the past nine months, every Saturday night protesters have gathered outside Mandelblit’s apartment building in Petah Tikva to demand that he indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

AUGUST 29, 2017ByCAROLINE B. GLICK

A crowd holds a rally against political corruption near the Attorney General's home in Petah Tikva

Tough on migration

There are no easy answers when dealing with the worldwide migrant crisis – and this holds true for Israel no less than for Europe, the US or Australia.

AUGUST 29, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL