Migrant workers in israel

Israel imports record foreign workforce to replace Palestinians, but housing crisis looms

Israel now has 250,000 legal and illegal foreign workers, the highest number ever, according to Israel Population and Immigration Authority figures, with more to come.

Foreign workers seen working in a field near the Ben Gurion Airport, on August 14, 2025.
Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel

New report shows many migrant workers lacked access to shelter during Operation Roaring Lion

Foreign workers in the construction industry with Eldad Nitzan, chairman of the foreign manpower corporations.

Israeli government under pressure to overhaul foreign worker policy

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


The women who will not be celebrating Women's Day

Most of the workers prefer not to reveal complain or act on the subject of harassment or sexual assault.

Sexual harassment victim [Illustrative]

1,000 Filipino workers to reduce hotel staff shortage

The agreement with the Philippines follows a similar accord permitting the employment of Jordanian workers in hotels in the Eilat area.

Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin (R) and Philippines Labor and Employment Minister Silvestre Bello sign a bilateral labor agreement, December 11, 2018

Mandelblit: Knesset solution for migrants is 'black hole' in legal system

Mandelblit said the bill would utterly break with the foundations underlying Israel as a Jewish and democratic state.

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit

Police arrest 83 suspects after Immigration Authority bribery scandal

Population and Immigration Authority employees suspected of bribing residents to cut waiting times.

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Come and Kuchinate with me

it behooves us to consider our own past while we consider what to do with those drifting souls.

KUCHINATE, ‘CROCHETING’ in Tigrinya, the language of Eritrea, is a collective of African asylum-seeking women who crochet colorful baskets and carpets in a studio pulsing with children, hot food, volunteers and nuns

Filipino guest workers come to Israel... and decide to embrace Judaism

While many Filipinos come to Israel for a few years to make money in a developed economy, the Lopez family converted to Judaism. And as of May, they still hadn’t told their Filipino friends.

Friday afternoon in the Filipino shuk, outside Evelyn’s Market, brings customers from all over Tel Aviv and Israel

This week in 60 seconds: Mossad blamed for death of Hamas-affiliated engineer in Malaysia

Got a minute? Here's the week in review.

Jerusalem Post News

Amsalem: Netanyahu may go back to UN agreement on migrants

Coalition chairman said the PM may go back to plan he canceled within 24 hours of its announcement, and that the proposal to probe the New Israel Fund is toothless.

African asylum seekers line up to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel

Justices: Is Israel now deporting migrants against their will?

It has been widely reported that most migrants are being deported to Rwanda, while Uganda has been mentioned as a secondary destination.

African migrants wait in line for the Population and Immigration Authority office to open in Bnei Brak.

Deportation dilemma: Should they go or should they stay?

As Israel begins the deportation process against asylum seekers, Eritreans are given legal recourse to stay.

African migrants painted in white hold signs during a protest against the Israeli government's plan to deport part of their community, in front of the Rwandan embassy in Herzliya, Israel February 7, 2018