Social security

Knesset approves bill preventing double taxation for US olim, exempting National Insurance payments

The Knesset passed a bill exempting US olim from paying Israeli National Insurance for five years to prevent double payments, encouraging aliyah by reducing financial burdens.

An Israeli couple walks towards the Arrivals gate in the Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 30, 2016
 Many Jews from abroad view property purchases in Israel as a form of pension plan.

Your Taxes: How does Israel tax foreign pensions? The laws all immigrants should know

 View of the National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem. January 23, 2017.

Your Taxes: The National Insurance obligations for Israelis overseas - opinion

 THE FOSTER families provide loving, stable homes for children to recover from difficult situations (Illustrative).

Foster family or residential care system? US study informs Israeli org. on how to care for orphans


Israeli volunteers in Ukraine will be recognized by National Insurance

So far, Israel's National Insurance has, according to the law, covered volunteers working in Israel and volunteers who have worked outside the country.

Yair Lapid and former Welfare Minister Meir Cohen present Yesh Atid's social welfare platform outside of the National Insurance Institute in Tel Aviv on Wednesday

Trump-era Jewish Social Security boss fired by Biden, refuses to leave

Saul claimed the move was illegal and vowed to stay in the post. However, the government is able to cut off access to computer networks, so it’s not clear what options he has.

Andrew Saul

Security Tips for when you Relocate


Educational companies encourage learning from home during quarantine

Educational companies in Israel and around the world are offering compromised services due to the novel coronavirus.

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot.

Must Have Traits Of A Good Bodyguard

The problem with the bodyguard sector the world over, is the dramatization and Hollywood movies that have drilled into the minds of people


New PA law 'disaster' for Palestinian future

“When the new law takes away the right of Palestinian widows to inherit the pensions of their deceased husbands, it asks them indirectly never to ever get married again,” al-Dababseh said.

Public servants of the Palestinian Authority queue to receive their salaries outside a bank in Gaza City May 3, 2018.