Interior Ministry

PFLP-linked NGO closes Palestinian branch, citing Israel's red tape

Defense for Children International-Palestine announces closure, citing Israeli restrictions, while Israel has long designated the group as linked to the PFLP.

A person wearing the headband of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) attends a march to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil on March 11, 2025 in New York City; illustrative.
Coastal cliffs collapse between Hefer Valley and Netanya, December 28, 2025.

Coastal cliffs between Hefer Valley, Netanya collapse due to heavy rainfall from Storm Byron

Women pray at the Western Wall.

Recognized by the rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in legal limbo over Israeli citizenship

Supreme Court justices preside over a hearing at the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025

Israel’s Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants


Why does Israel discriminate against elderly olim? - opinion

It hurts me that the country I love can treat elderly immigrants in this manner. Israel was established as a haven for all Jews, irrespective of race, country of origin, or age.

 The writer poses with her husband and children. ‘An agent acknowledged that the roadblocks were intentional, to keep the elderly from making Israel their home, and presumably becoming a drain on resources,’ she says.

Shaked trying to revoke residency of Armon Hanatziv terrorist's relatives

It was expected that the family will appeal to higher courts, which might include a District Court or even the High Court of Justice.

 The scene of a where a truck rammed in a group of Israeli soldiers, killing four in a suspected vehicle-ramming attack, in the Armon haNatsiv neighborhood of jerusalem.

Israeli teenagers to be taught about sexual videos law in new tutorial

The tutorial is aimed at preventing situations in which teenagers are severely harmed when their intimate photos and videos are spread online.

 Young women on their phones.

High Court upholds law to revoke citizenship of Israeli terrorists

The court decided to cancel the revocation of the citizenship of two terrorists, but ruled the law, in general, is constitutional.

High Court of Justice May 3, 2020

Interior Minister Shaked approves transfer of Druze lands jurisdiction

The committee wanted to centralize power in order to "improve the level of services provided to residents."

 Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked

COVID-19: Green Pass narrowed to large events starting next week

Hebrew University researchers say peak has passed * Home Front Command limits PCR testing availability

 Israel's Green Pass validity was extended until Thursday on Sunday after the Health Ministry 'traffic light' website crashed, October 3, 2021.

A Jewish convert’s hunger strike for Israeli citizenship

David Ben Moshe is Orthodox, married to an Israeli, and a father of two, but that is not enough for Israel's Interior Ministry. So he protested.

 David Ben Moshe hunger strike.

David Ben Moshe: A Hunger Strike for Israeli citizenship

I love Israel and will always defend it, but the treatment that I have received since applying for citizenship, my automatic right as a Jew, is an embarrassment.

 David Ben Moshe

A look at the PIBA's 'culture of suspicion and hostility'

INTERNAL AFFAIRS: Inside the problems at the Population and Immigration Authority of the Interior Ministry.

 THE POPULATION and Immigration Authority office in Jerusalem yesterday.

Interior Ministry stops foreign entry permit applications till after Sukkot

The application process through consulates will remain open, but applications through the Population and Immigration Authority will stop due to closure of government offices over the holiday.

Israelis at Ben-Gurion Airport as coronavirus cases increase, August 5, 2021.