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


Extending my hand to Africans in Israel

Horror stories from the visa office were peppered with the darkest gallows humor. As far as jokes go, I told them, you’re officially Jewish now.

An African refugee in south Tel Aviv wears a T-shirt with a Hebrew phrase referring to the Holocaust: “I promise to remember... and never forget!”

Knesset members vote to worsen migrant conditions ahead of deportation

Following the meeting, Amnesty International Israel called on the country to allow all the migrants to stay.

Residents of south Tel Aviv protest against African migrants living in their neighbourhood

Israel sees record number of migrant workers over past five years

With the signing of several bilateral agreements, the ease by which foreign workers can travel to Israel has increased markedly.

Thai workers collect freshly harvested fennel near Kibbutz Alumim in southern Israel

The African & Asian Migrants Could Help Israel's Security

The Jerusalem Post

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.

African migrants gesture behind a fence during a protest against Israel's detention policy towards them

Israeli activists deem ruling on migrants’ deportation bittersweet

"Most important is that the government cannot forcibly deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda."

CHILDREN OF migrant workers play on a Tel Aviv beach on Independence Day, marking the 65th anniversary of the creation of the state last year.

New tax in Israel leaves African migrants feeling unwanted and unwelcome

New tax rules force employers to put part of migrants' salaries in a fund which can only be accessed once they leave Israel.

African migrants in Tel Aviv

State failing to identify, help migrant victims of abuse, NGO charges

Migrants walk along rail tracks on sunset close to a migrant collection point in Roszke, Hungary

La lente agonie des agriculteurs israéliens

Fragilisés par des marges de profit de plus en plus réduites, la pénurie de main-d’œuvre et l’importation à bas coûts, les cultivateurs israéliens sont en voie d’extinction

Manifestation de cultivateurs en détresse devant le ministère des Finances

PM says Rwanda genocide teaches that countries cannot outsource security to others

"The way to peace is through negotiations, we are willing to have direct negotiations, they are not willing to. That is preventing peace not a few houses in Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Rwanda President Paul Kagame