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.
Coastal cliffs between Hefer Valley, Netanya collapse due to heavy rainfall from Storm Byron
Recognized by the rabbinate, Orthodox converts trapped in legal limbo over Israeli citizenship
Israel’s Supreme Court blocks automatic citizenship for non-Jewish children of immigrants
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.
Arye Deri interrogated by police for eighth time in fraud probe
The interior minister said: I answered every question, everything is all right.
Govt. expected to approve aliyah of 1000 Ethiopians within a month
In all of 2017, only 1,308 Ethiopians were permitted to immigrate to Israel.
Interior Ministry: Jewish morality is to expel infiltrators
"This is going to be a shameful, ugly move that will signify that we are a society and country where human rights do not exist," warns MK Eyal Ben-Reuven.