Labor

Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles

Restructuring of work permits and recruitment policies is reshaping construction, agriculture, and services while raising concerns about long-term economic and social effects.

 Palestinian workers wait to enter Ma'aleh Adumim, February 23, 2023; illustrative.
 Arnon Bar-David, Chairman of the Histadrut, speaks at a press conference attended by heads from the Israeli commerce sector attend a press conference at the Histadrut Union in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2023

Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David among labor leaders arrested in alleged public corruption scheme

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the Knesset plenum, October 20, 2025.

Knesset erupts over speaker's jab at Supreme Court chief, Netanyahu expects more peace deals

Activist Andy Hall attends a meeting at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office to discuss his detainment in Qatar, July 2025.

Doha clears UK activist Andy Hall of defamation over migrant rights case


What is quiet quitting and why are employees doing it? - explainer

Quiet quitting, which has gained popularity through TikTok, is essentially about not letting your work overreach into your daily life and not doing more work than one is required.

 Low wages, workplace disrespect, no career advancement and employee dissatisfaction have helped contribute quiet quitting, which has become popular on TikTok (Illustrative).

Populism plagues Left and Right alike

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The approaching election is about the three faces of populism: waste, bigotry, and personality cult.

 A LIKUD SUPPORTER cast his vote in the party’s primary elections at a polling station in Tel Aviv on August 10.

Israel elections: How are Likud and Labor primaries significant? - opinion

One thing is certain: neither the list elected last week in the Labor Party, nor the one elected in the Likud would have been imaginable back in the 1990s.

LIKUD CHAIRMAN and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in the party primary, last week.

Former education minister Aharon Yadlin dies at 96

Long-time MK and United Kibbutz Movement secretary-general was ‘stickler for equality, Zionism and human value’

 Aharon Yadlin

Living on the Gaza border: What it's really like for one Israeli amid war

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov.

 Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Labor’s primary winner: Naama who? - analysis

This time around, Labor’s No. 2 -- if the party’s primary results are honored and there are no unexpected outside figures parachuted to the top 2 slots in the list -- will be filled by  Naama Lazimi.

 Labor leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli with Labor party Mk Naama Lazimi and Yaya Fink after the results were announced in the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022.

Labor primaries: Here are the winners and the losers

Lazimi, Kariv, Rayten win big in Labor primary

 Labor leader and Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli with MK's and party members after the results were announced in the Labor party primary elections, in Tel Aviv, August 9, 2022.

Wolt delivery people split over court ruling that may make them employees

Until now, Wolt deliverers have not been considered employees of the company and did not get rights like vacation days and insurance.

 Wolt in Jerusalem

A life well lived – Tamar Eshel dies on her 102nd birthday

Just as her parents' generation had helped the British fight the Turks, Eshel also helped the British in their battle against the Nazis and their cohorts during the Second World War.

Tamar Eshel, oldest former MK

Israel elections: Israel is in for a wild campaign season - opinion

In Israel, every day is dramatic and this is true all the more so in politics. This campaign season will be primal and highly charged.

 BENNY GANTZ, Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett in the Knesset last month getting ready for elections.