Interior Ministry

Bahrain revokes citizenship of 69 people who supported Iran's attacks during war

Bahrain strips 69 individuals of citizenship for supporting Iran’s attacks on the country during the escalation in March and April.

APRIL 27, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

An illustrative image of Bahraini passports over a backdrop of the Bahraini flag.

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.

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.

APRIL 9, 2026|ByMATHILDA HELLER

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

No injuries were reported, but local officials warned of an ongoing national safety risk and accused the state of failing to allocate funding for coastal protection.

DECEMBER 28, 2025|ByMOSHE COHEN

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

RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: “Why do I have to keep proving myself? Am I a second-class Jew?” said an Orthodox converted Jewish woman in an interview with The Jerusalem Post.

DECEMBER 27, 2025|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN

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.

JUNE 4, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Municipal tax to rise by 2.58% in 2020

MAY 22, 2019ByEYTAN HALON

Musician Iyar Semel, 38, on his rooftop garden, where he grows herbs and vegetables, in Tel Aviv. Iyar planted an organic garden on his rooftop, with compost, vegetables, fruit trees and a shower, allowing him to merge his ecological lifestyle with the restraints of urban space.

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.

FEBRUARY 7, 2019ByYVETTE J. DEANE

Lebanon's Minister of Finance Raya Haffar al-Hassan speaks during a news conference at her office in Beirut December 3, 2009. Lebanon may seek to borrow next year to help service existing debt and might also seek to reschedule some debts due in 2010 to benefit from low interest rates, Hassan said on

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.

OCTOBER 3, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB

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.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

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."

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018ByIRIS GEORLETTE/MAARIV

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.

JUNE 25, 2018ByJEREMY SHARON

Ugandan Rabbi Harun Kintu Moses conducts a Hebrew language lesson at Hadassah School, a Jewish community institute in Mbale along the slopes of Mt.Elgon some 224km (139Mmiles) east of Uganda's capital Kampala, Uganda, February 10,2005

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.

APRIL 11, 2018ByYANIR COZIN