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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 368

foreign workers in Israel

A caregiver walks with an elderly woman on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem on July 2, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
July 4, 2024, 11:27 am
Right-wing MKs seek to eliminate pension payments to foreign caregivers
Bill exempting elderly, sick, disabled from making pension contributions for their aides passes preliminary reading; workers’ hotline warns it may keep good carers away from Israel
By Sue Surkes
Petru Boscov (Facebook)
May 14, 2024, 8:43 am
Petru Boscov, 35: Moldovan caregiver was like ‘family’ to patient
Murdered on October 7 in Kibbutz Holit alongside his charge Moshe Ridler
By ToI Staff
File: Indian workers aspiring to be hired for jobs in Israel line up during a recruitment drive in Lucknow, India, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
April 5, 2024, 3:09 pm
Dozens of Indian construction workers fly to Israel to replace Palestinian laborers
New Delhi says it has urged Israeli authorities to ensure safety of new workers amid ongoing war; thousands have flocked to apply for jobs since Palestinians barred after October 7
By ASHOK SHARMA
Pat Nibin Maxwell, 31, pictured with his wife and child (Screenshot from Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law).
March 5, 2024, 2:55 pm
Indian worker killed in Hezbollah missile attack leaves behind daughter, pregnant wife
India advises nationals working in Israeli border areas to move to safer parts of the country following the killing of Pat Nibin Maxwell in an attack near the Lebanese border
By ToI Staff
A residential tower is under construction next to the Mahane Yehuda market in downtown Jerusalem on December 7, 2023. (John MacDougall / AFP)
December 29, 2023, 7:12 am
Amid worker shortage due to war, Israeli constructors struggle to build
With most Palestinian workers banned from Israel in wake of Oct. 7 onslaught, and thousands of foreign workers gone, the building sector says it’s at a ‘complete standstill’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Inbal Mashash, the director of the Population and Immigration Authority’s Foreign Workers Administration, addresses the Knesset Committee on Foreign Workers on December 19, 2023. (Danny Shem-Tov/Knesset Spokesperson's Office)
December 20, 2023, 8:58 am
Despite war, more than 12,000 foreign workers have arrived in Israel, lawmakers told
Government working to recruit thousands of additional workers to make up for post-October 7 labor shortage, Population and Immigration Authority says
By Sam Sokol and AFP
Women sell vegetables in a local market in Kaliyeka in Lilongwe, Malawi on February 22, 2023. (Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP)
November 30, 2023, 6:41 pm
Despite war, young Malawians turn to Israel for work amid economic crisis at home
Young adults apply for jobs on Israeli farms, many of which desperately need workers following October 7 Hamas attack
By George Ntonya
Rahamim Mughrabi in his moshav near Netivot, Israel, on November 9, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
November 14, 2023, 9:39 am
On fields near Gaza, farmers and volunteers struggle to mitigate huge wartime damages
Growers dealing with multiple challenges, ranging from manpower shortages to sun-blocking dust, are enlisting help from unexpected places and vowing not to leave
By Canaan Lidor
Illustrative: Foreign workers work at an onion farm on August 12, 2016. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
October 22, 2023, 4:54 pm
Ministry wants 8,000 West Bank Palestinians to replace foreign farmhands who fled war
Thousands of Thai laborers have reportedly picked up and left, leaving agricultural facilities hurting for help; plan is opposed by Ben Gvir over security concerns
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
A relative hugs a Thai worker who was evacuated from Israel, on his arrival at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Samut Prakarn Province, Thailand, October 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
October 19, 2023, 8:23 pm
Thai laborers, the ‘working hands’ of Israeli farming, pay with blood
At Kibbutz Alumim close to the Gaza border, nine workers from Thailand were massacred, one was badly injured, and four were abducted by Hamas terrorists
By Sue Surkes
Foreign nationals being held by Hamas gunmen, in an unconfirmed photo distributed on social media. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 9, 2023, 4:31 am
Foreign nationals among murdered, abducted and missing in brutal Hamas assault
American, British, French, German, Nepali and Thai nationals among those preyed upon by Gazan terrorists in surprise attack
By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman, Gavriel Fiske and Agencies
Foreign workers working in the fields near the Israeli town of Beit Shemesh, November 13, 2016. (Yaakov Lederman/FLASH90)
July 12, 2023, 6:17 pm
Court strikes down financial penalty that encourages foreign workers not to overstay
Statute from 2016 stripped foreign workers of money deposited on their behalf if they didn’t leave the country on time; High Court rules it is a violation of property rights
By Jeremy Sharon
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a press conference at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 9, 2023, 7:07 pm
Amid legal battle with caregiver, Ben Gvir sought to cut payments to foreign workers
As an opposition lawmaker, Otzma Yehudit chief put forth bill that could have released him from hefty payments that court ruled he must pay to late father’s Sri Lankan caregiver
By ToI Staff
Head of the Otzma Yehudit party National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, June 12, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
July 2, 2023, 6:58 pm
Ben Gvir, brother ordered to pay foreign caregiver NIS 100,000 in unpaid benefits
According to Haaretz, far-right politician made Sri Lankan worker sign agreement to forgo compensation after he was terminated; court rules deal not binding
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A carer helping an elderly Israeli to cross the street in Tel Aviv. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
February 22, 2023, 11:11 am
‘Modern slavery’: How foreign caregivers in Israel have been extorted for decades
ToI exposes a multi-million-dollar industry in which foreign workers are compelled to pay ‘placement fees’ to employment ‘brokers’ – with the government’s full knowledge
By Inna Lazareva
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