Interior Ministry
Reservists lose municipal-tax discounts after wartime protection expires, petition says
One medical student, whose ordinary monthly wages were approximately NIS 2,600-3,000, received a full annual bill of roughly NIS 5,878 after previously receiving an 80% discount.
Zionist Iranian dissident Ramin Parsa granted residency in Israel after years-long battle
Former MK Oren Hazan physically attacks Ariel municipality employee in attempt to disrupt meeting
High Court dismisses petition by expatriates seeking to vote in upcoming election
Knesset panel tells Deri to wipe fingerprints from biometric database
Although cyber experts have said that there is no need for fingerprints to be retained as a countermeasure against fraud, Deri tried to convince the committee to keep them.
Interior Ministry suspends Jewish status of 2,200 children
One investigation questioned Jewish status of Holocaust survivor, and a Soviet refusenik
Gov't approves transferring funds to impoverished municipalities
About 78% will be given to Arab and Druze communities who were damaged by the coronavirus crisis.
Municipal tax to rise by 2.58% in 2020
Lebanon appoints first-ever female in charge of security in Arab world
Raya El Hassan was appointed as the interior minister after a nine-month government deadlock.
Fight over canceling residency of terrorist’s relatives goes to court
PIBA argued that emergency rules gave the interior minister the right to cancel residency statuses for clear and concrete security reasons.
Court orders Interior Ministry to register private Orthodox convert as Jew
The Interior Ministry has defied the spirit of a High Court of Justice ruling for 18 months by refusing to register as Jewish a woman who converted in a private, Orthodox rabbinical court.
Ethiopian Jew forced to pay deposit when visiting sick mother
“We feel insulted. This is humiliation, racism. Were he French or American, they wouldn’t have done it."
Ministry: Uganda Jews ineligible for aliya since they converted en masse
The Abayudaya community in Uganda began adopting Jewish religious practices at the beginning of the 20th century.
Despite ban, pro-BDS Dublin mayor enters Israel after name gaffe
Dublin Mayor Mícheál Mac Donncha arrived in Ramallah despite a ban issued by Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, after the Immigration Authority received his name misspelled.
