Israeli unemployment rate

The heavy price of wars: The workers repeatedly pushed out of the labor market

More than 70% of the women who lost their jobs during the 2026 Iran War were also harmed in another emergency crisis in the last six years.

The Jerusalem Employment Service branch, December 2020
Histadrut labor federation chairman Arnon Bar-David

Histadrut head calls to extend unemployment benefits eligibility

Unemploment rate in selected industries, April 2020

Tourism downturn: Severe blow to Jerusalem workers

A man walks in an alley inside Jerusalem's Old CIty as shops are closed amid coronavirus restrictions in the walled Old City March 27, 2020

Israeli unemployment exceeds one million: 24.4% of workforce


New unemployment benefit claimants continue to soar

After the Employment Service website crashed due to the high level of traffic, the government body said it had expanded its server capacity to handle increased demand.

A woman uses an ATM at a branch of Israel Discount Bank in Tel Aviv, Israel

Employment population ratios

Employment-population ratio in Israel and in large cities, 2015

The duty to give credit in the workplace

A new bill may change work culture in Israel.

JOURNALISTS AT work at their desks.

Taub Center: Proposed changes to unemployment law will harm women, families and Arab Israelis

The study found that the proposed change to the law will mean that about 15% of those receiving benefits today will not be entitled to benefits.

A man in Jerusalem searching through the garbage

Protesters clash with police in riot outside Beit Shemesh job fair

Man looks for work in Beit Shemesh

Doing a good job getting people good jobs

ITWorks founder and CEO Ifat Baron of Netanya on her mission to find employment success for marginalized communities.

ItWorks

Study: 2,300 homeless in Israel, half from former USSR

The study, the largest of its kind in 15 years, found that about a third of Israel's homeless were in Tel Aviv, while Haifa had 9%, Jerusalem 8% and Ashdod about 5%.

Homeless person on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem.