Interior Ministry

The dramatic plan: Another 100,000 foreign workers by 2027

Population & Immigration Authority CEO Boaz Yosef marks the recruitment targets for workers: "The goal is to bring 330,000 foreign workers here."

Population & Immigration Authority CEO Boaz Yosef
Crowds at Big Fashion in Glilot during the complex's first weekend

No shopping on Shabbat? The blow landing on the Big Fashion Glilot complex

QatarEnergy's liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar March 2, 2026.

Explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan gas facility kills 13, injures 66

Security forces of Syria's Interior Ministry guard the al-Omar oil field, Syria's largest by area and production, near the Euphrates River east of al-Shuhail and approximately 10 kilometers east of al-Mayadin in Deir ez-Zor Governorate on January 22, 2026 in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.

One Syrian security member killed in Islamic State suicide bombing in Raqqa


Israel alters passport scheme for urgent visas after High Court petition

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel's May 1 passport marathon plan would dedicate four major ministry offices to applications to tackle the passport renewal backlog.

 Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben-Gurion Airport on April 4, 2023; illustrative

Would Ruth, a convert, be good enough for Israeli citizenship? - opinion

It’s time for a clear, predictable path to citizenship with an explicit list of requirements for converts wishing to live in Israel.

 INTERIOR MINISTER Moshe Arbel arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

NGOs petition High Court against passport plan at expense of visas

Interior Minister Moshe Arbel: "The passport marathon operation continues in full force."

People queue outside Jerusalem Interior Ministry office for passport renewals. May 2023.

Israel's appointment-free passport offices draw major lines on first day

Israeli Interior Minister Moshe Arbel called for people to be patient and prepare to wait for hours in lines at the passport offices.

 People queue up at the temporary appointment-free passport office in Tel Aviv the day it opens.

Israeli gov't passport plan a rights violation, denies urgent visas - NGOs

The NGOs called on the Interior Ministry to retract the cancellation of visa services, or reduce the plan to two days a week.

 Protests against cancellation of Interior Ministry services to all matters except passports

The Israeli passport crisis - opinion

The expectation that citizens should roam the length and breadth of Israel in order to find an appointment slot somewhere in order to renew a passport is preposterous.

 THE EXPECTATION that citizens should roam the length and breadth of the country in order to find an appointment slot somewhere to renew a passport is preposterous.

Israel Post prepares to deliver thousands of renewed passports

The amount of issued passports is expected to rise to 300,000 per month with the post office preparing to increase its passport delivery capacity accordingly.

 Israel Post postal worker delivers packages on his motorized scooter.

What is Israel doing to address the passport backlog crisis?

New offices will be opened designated only to issuing passports.

 Illustrative image of Israeli biometric passports.

Shas MK Moshe Arbel to replace Deri as Israel's health, interior minister

Moshe Arbel will temporarily replace Arye Deri until the coalition is able to pass a law that will allow him to return.

SHAS MK Moshe Arbel: We don’t need to agree to everything, but we should disagree without hatred.

Letters to the Editor April 10, 2023: Travesty of justice

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

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