Labor

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.
Employment Service, archive.

From Haredi cities to the Sharon: Where was the sharpest spike in job seekers recorded?

Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, with party members following the announcement of the results of The Democrats party primaries ahead of the upcoming elections, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 20, 2026.

Yair Golan's Democrats list for the Knesset cements Labor's shift to the far Left - opinion

The waiters and gardeners returned, the high-tech workers stayed home. Job fair

The labor market has not yet recovered from the war


Labor 'finished its role' in Israeli politics, Michaeli must resign - Omer Bar Lev

"It began when the party decided to lower its security flag to half-mast," the former IDF Sayeret Matkal commander lamented.

 Labor party leader MK Merav Michaeli leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 17, 2023

Herzog meets Netanyahu, Lapid, Gantz in compromise efforts

Likud rejects Histadrut compromise proposal on reasonableness bill; Gantz to Netanyahu – compromise bill will survive next Knesset.

 Benjamin Netanyahu (L) is seen having received the mandate to form a new government from Israeli President Isaac Herzog, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on November 13, 2022.

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Israel’s economy and workplace of 1951 have been replaced by the start-up nation’s economy and welfare-equality workplace.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.