Foreign workers

Nepal restarts Gulf work permits after Iran conflict halted labor migration

About 75% of Nepali workers abroad are in the Middle East, mostly in construction, and remittances make up over a quarter of the country’s $42 billion economy.

|ByREUTERS
Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attend a press briefing in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 1, 2026, providing details on the number and condition of Nepali citizens residing in conflict-affected Middle Eastern countries.
Foreign workers in the construction industry with Eldad Nitzan, chairman of the foreign manpower corporations.

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.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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. 

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Foreign workers seen around the central bus station in southern Tel Aviv on March 21, 2025.

Young Israeli men shown beating, harassing foreign workers in new social media trend

"[The workers] know that if they complain, they may be deported. So they keep quiet. And these boys know exactly that," one Tel Aviv man explains.

|ByDAN EZRA