Labor

Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles

Restructuring of work permits and recruitment policies is reshaping construction, agriculture, and services while raising concerns about long-term economic and social effects.

 Palestinian workers wait to enter Ma'aleh Adumim, February 23, 2023; illustrative.
 Arnon Bar-David, Chairman of the Histadrut, speaks at a press conference attended by heads from the Israeli commerce sector attend a press conference at the Histadrut Union in Tel Aviv on March 27, 2023

Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David among labor leaders arrested in alleged public corruption scheme

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the Knesset plenum, October 20, 2025.

Knesset erupts over speaker's jab at Supreme Court chief, Netanyahu expects more peace deals

Activist Andy Hall attends a meeting at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office to discuss his detainment in Qatar, July 2025.

Doha clears UK activist Andy Hall of defamation over migrant rights case


Israel Medical Association warns legislation would ‘devastate’ the healthcare system

Thousands of hospital and clinic donors will hold a two-hour warning strike on Wednesday morning in protest against the threatened passage of “Reasonableness Clause.”

 A picture taken in Sourasky Medical Center Tel Aviv on the day of the strike against violence in medical facilities. The sign reads: There is a strike here. Enough with the violence.

How a minor Israeli court case changed how vacation days are viewed

Israel’s economy and workplace of 1951 have been replaced by the start-up nation’s economy and welfare-equality workplace. This is how the Labor Court helped vacation days catch up.

 The National Labor Court in Jerusalem.

8 out of 10 working women risk losing their jobs to artificial intelligence

A study reveals that 8 out of 10 working women face higher job loss risks due to the rise of artificial intelligence compared to 6 out of 10 men.

 Is AI putting your job at risk?

Israeli opposition MK bashes Rothman's 'chutzpah' over judicial reform bill

Likud MK Moshe Saada said that reasonableness is a complex issue, but decried those that engaged in rioting.

 MK Simcha Rothman, Head of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee seen during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 20, 2023

Labor MK announces intention to unseat Merav Michaeli as faction leader

Rayten: "I think [Michaeli] is being treated wrongly. Obviously, if you look in retrospect, a merger with Meretz could change the entire picture."

 Labor party leader Merav Michaeli and MK Efrat Rayten attend a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 29, 2023.

Israeli judicial reform talks at crucial point, Revital Swid says

If the coalition chooses to occupy both spots on the committee with coalition Knesset members, the talks will likely end, judicial reform negotiation mediator Revital Swid said.

 Former Labor MK and current mediator and lawyer Revital Swid is seen speaking with Lahav Harkov at The Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, on June 5, 2023.

Labor, city leaders petition Israel's High Court against Arnona Fund

The petition pointed to flaws in how the Fund was approved and the negative effects it may have on Israeli society.

 THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer

Judicial reform negotiations resume Monday at President's Residence

The Judicial Selection Committee makeup is the only bill to have reached a point where all that it needs to pass is a second and third reading on the Knesset floor.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG leads the first negotiation meeting over judicial overhaul compromises with representatives from Likud, National Unity, Yesh Atid and Labor, at the President’s Residence.

Labor activist Yaya Fink collects donations for Huwara pogrom victims

Settlers torched Palestinian houses and cars in Huwara in the northern West Bank and attacked Palestinians throughout the West Bank on Sunday after the attack. 

YAIR FINK BELIEVES that civil society can take its fate into its own hands – and cause change.

Labor Party files criminal complaint against Netanyahu

"I want to give you [ministers] a fist to strike at them [protestors against judicial reform]," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in the cabinet meeting

Israel's opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu is seen gesturing at the Knesset, on July 26, 2021.