Israel unemployment

AI layoffs mount across Israeli tech companies amid software sector bloodbath

The development of AI in recent years has led to situations where human work is replaced by AI, or AI can do the same job faster or at a lower cost

|BySHIRIT AVITAN COHEN/GLOBES/TNS
A businessman is seen working alongside a team of robots in this illustrative image of artificial intelligence.
Tech layoffs are the key to change in education in Israel

Israeli unemployment rates rising in hi-tech with the advancement of artificial intelligence

Inbal Mashash, director general of the Israel Employment Service, spoke on Tuesday with Anat Davidov on the program 'Where the Money Is' and addressed the worrying trend.

|By103FM
People looking for work as unemployment rises

Israeli employment rates dropped in May, Central Bureau of Statistics labor force survey reveals

According to the CBS Labor Force Survey Data for May 2026, a total of 4,469,000 Israelis were considered in the workforce (61.6%), of whom 126,500 (2.8%) were unemployed.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Einbal Mashash, CEO of the Employment Service

Israel's youth labor force participation rate declines as gender gap narrows

Report reveals declining labor force participation among young Israelis (20-29), especially men and those in the Arab sector. Low unemployment is deceptive, hiding a sharp rise in discouragement.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

CBS: Despite high unemployment, poverty rates, Jerusalem residents ‘satisfied with life’

Jerusalemites are happier than rest of the country despite higher numbers of those who "feel poor."

MAY 26, 2014ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Revelers celebrate Independence Day with a party in Jerusalem, May 5, 2014.