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.

|ByYUVAL NISANI/GLOBES/TNS
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

Local support appeared to matter. Some 69% of all respondents said they had a person or organization to turn to in an emergency, but the level varied significantly between groups.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Foreign workers in the construction industry with Eldad Nitzan, chairman of the foreign manpower corporations.

Israeli government under pressure to overhaul foreign worker policy

The appeal followed Englman’s report on the state’s handling of the labor crisis in construction after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, when the entry of Palestinian workers into Israel was halted.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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

This update was part of a "List of 27 Outcomes" from the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Israel, which Jaiswal published on X/Twitter. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sa’ar: Hundreds of migrants returned home in Jan.

Numbers a "direct result of our clear policies," says interior minister; Meretz MK calls Holot facility a prison.

JANUARY 29, 2014ByBEN HARTMAN
Eritrean migrants protesting 370

Government grants asylum to two Eritreans amid migrant protests

Interior Ministry says mens' cases had been considered "for close to a year," unrelated to protests or UN criticism.

JANUARY 26, 2014ByREUTERS
African migrants at Lewinsky Park in Tel Aviv, January 9, 2014.