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


Flug: Allowing foreign workers in keeps construction methods 'ancient'

Overall Israel's economy suffers from low productivity, and is dragged down by inward-looking industries that are less exposed to global competition.

A laborer works on an apartment building under construction in the Har Homa quarter in Jerusalem

Migrant caregivers’ ‘#OurHands Campaign’

Organizations around the world are now rallying through a campaign called “Our Hands” to share information with domestic workers and encourage collective mobilization.

An African migrant worker sleeps on a bench of a bus station in south Tel Aviv

Nepalese woman stabbed in Jerusalem attack: 'Nobody was around to help me'

Hisorai Taplaya was stabbed by a Palestinian assailant one day before her 31st birthday.

Jerusalem stabbing attack victim

Proportion of contract workers in Israel similar to other developed countries, study shows

Not all agency workers are actually contract workers, says Taub Center researcher

WORKERS IMPROVE their skills at the Rayan South employment center in Rahat last week.

Palestinian workers demand equal labor conditions to Israelis at court hearing

Lawyer for laborers: How can 1967 Jordanian law apply when it does not apply anywhere in the world, even Jordan?

Palestinian laborers work at a construction site in a settlement near Jerusalem

Foreign workers in Israel employed under slave conditions?

The Economy Ministry and population administration are not working together to ensure employment rights of foreign workers.

Filipina caregivers training in Manila

NGO: African migrants deported from Israel among Christians killed in latest ISIS video

According to an NGO, the migrants did not get asylum seeker status in the third country and made their way north to Libya to try to reach Europe, after which they ended up in the hands of ISIS.

The three Eritrean asylum seekers said to have left Israel to a third country before ending up in Libya.

South Tel Aviv residents: The high court scares me more than ISIS

Several dozen people march to Lewinsky park, carrying black flags with acronym for High Court written in white letters.

Residents of south Tel Aviv rally against High Court

PMO on report of migrant relocation to Rwanda, Uganda: All acts in line with int'l law

Prime Minister's Office doesn't specifically confirm or deny report that Israel is financing trips for migrants to move to African nations.

African migrant rally for asylum in Tel Aviv.

Report: Migrants leaving Israel being sent to Rwanda, Uganda

New testimonies from migrants show Israel has potentially found a solution for path out of Israel for higher numbers of migrants.

African migrant rally for asylum in Tel Aviv.