Labor
Study reveals surprising trends in sick leave use across Israel in 2025
A 2025 study of Israeli workers finds sick leave patterns shaped by job type and flexibility, not commitment, with Gen Z taking the fewest days and public sector absenteeism highest.
Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles
Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David among labor leaders arrested in alleged public corruption scheme
Knesset erupts over speaker's jab at Supreme Court chief, Netanyahu expects more peace deals
Israel elections: Are we barreling toward a sixth election round? - analysis
This time around, Netanyahu is not going anywhere. As a result, the country is staring down the barrel of yet another deadlocked election.
Israel Elections: Decisions to be made before parties give their lists
Questions involving a number of Israeli political parties will need to be decided until Thursday's deadline, and could lead to last-minute drama.
Meretz gains at the expense of Labor, poll finds
The full poll results were: Likud 31, Yesh Atid 25, Religious Zionist Party 13, National Unity 12, Shas 8, United Torah Judaism 7, Joint List 6, Meretz 5, Yisrael Beytenu 5, Labor 4 and Ra’am 4.
Lapid, Michaeli, Galon to meet, discuss Meretz-Labor merger
The deadline for political parties to hand in their lists for the upcoming election is on Thursday.
Zehava Galon: Labor could crash out of Knesset without Meretz merger
When asked if a merger is needed, Zehava Galon said that "out of responsibility, you must consider that one of the parties could fall [below the threshold].
Likud's use of reserved slots keep the number of women MKs low - opinion
Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu's use of reserved slots in Israel's Likud Party has become the focus of bitter competition among women.
It's not the party, it's the bloc: Coalitions decide elections
INSIDE POLITICS: The number of parties in each bloc is crucial not only for Election Day, but for designing and defining the campaign.
Boris Johnson: UK PM who washed dishes in Israel to exit Downing Street - opinion
Accordingly, the good news is that irrespective of who wins this week’s Tory leadership contest, Israel will continue to have a self-declared friend in Number 10.
Meretz, Labor reach tentative surplus vote-sharing agreement
The agreement stipulates that after being allocated their number of seats in the Knesset, the two parties pool their votes together in an attempt to win one of the "leftover" seats.
Israel elections: With primary elections over, focus returns to mergers
Will Meretz merge with Labor? Will Religious Zionist Party fold to Itamar Ben-Gvir's demands?
