Ministry Still Hasn’t Issued Safety Requirements for Crane Operators Despite Numerous Deaths
Under current protocol, workers are required to take a standard course on climbing masts but it does not teach them how to assemble or dismantle cranes
Lee Yaron
Four Killed After Crane Collapse in Central Israeli City
Police puts four people who were employed at the site under house arrest; last month a worker died at the same scene
Analysis Why Israel Isn't Doing More to Prevent Construction Workers' Deaths
'Because of their negligent conduct and extreme foot-dragging in moving forward or making decisions, the casualties are continuing, and even worse, the number of deaths is rising'
Construction Company Employees Arrested After Worker Falls to His Death
Migrant workers' deaths in Bnei Brak and Petah Tikvah raise death toll in construction accidents to 16 this year
Israel Extends Lease on Subsidized Housing for Holocaust Survivors Set to Be Evicted
Decision to extend contracts by five years comes after elderly tenets protested ministry's decision to terminate agreement with private company that owns assisted living housing units
'Israel Won't Take Care of Me - I'll Go Die in My Homeland, in Dangerous Sudan'
A Sudanese asylum seeker was hospitalized after suffering three strokes but the Israeli hospital released him against doctor's orders because he isn't entitled to medical care
Israel's High Court Blasts Law Requiring Asylum Seekers to Deposit 20% of Wages
Justices also slammed state for breaking agreement with UN, which would have helped absorb many refugees
Family of Righteous Among the Nations Let Into Israel Only After 10-hour Airport Grilling
Maria Blyshchyk's relatives, who wanted to visit descendants of Holocaust survivor saved by her, were allowed into the country only after inquiries by lawyer and Haaretz
Israel Cancels Plan to Evict Dozens of Holocaust Survivors After Haaretz Report
Forty-five Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans were set to be evicted after ministry decided to terminate its contract with the private company who owns assisted living housing units
‘Let Us Die at Home in Peace’: Israel Plans to Evict Dozens of Holocaust Survivors
Governmental lease ends in August, but the Immigrant Absorption Ministry hasn't found alternative housing for the elderly men and women, who say they 'will not agree to leave' ■ Immigration Minister Gallant has ordered the eviction plan halted
'We Want to Be Equal' Dozens of Protesters Demand Israel Enable Transgender Teen's Return to School
Osher Band stopped attending school at the beginning of the year after students attacked her verbally and physically, leading to her hospitalization
'We Want to Be Equal' Protesters to Demand Israel Let Transgender Girl Return to School
Osher Band stopped attending school at the beginning of the year after students attacked her verbally and physically, leading to her hospitalization
Israeli Health Ministry Shelves Plan for Schools to Deal With Transgender Students
'LGBT rights are trampled daily in the education system and some kids are in danger of their lives,' says CEO of an organization for transgenders' rights
Dozens of Israeli Orthodox Rabbis Sign Letter of Support for Bullied Transgender Girl
56 rabbis sign letter to Education Ministry over case of Osher Band, 15, who was hospitalized by violent attack and hasn't gone to school in over six months
Heads of Israeli Battered Women’s Shelters Oppose New Policy of Sending Women There by Force
Following Haaretz report, one director says: 'This has no legal or humane justification' ■ Police source: These are extreme cases, these women wouldn't be alive if not for us
In First, Israeli Courts Force At-risk Women Into Shelters Against Their Will
The Social Affairs Ministry and women’s shelters are vehemently opposed to the practice, saying that the women can be protected without denying them their freedom
Israeli Transgender Girl Hospitalized With Brain Injury After Assault in School
The school claims that the family has not cooperated in its efforts to resolve the student’s situation
Israeli Authorities Are Severely Violent Toward Asylum Seekers, NGO Report Warns
Migrants testify to verbal and physical abuse and denial of rights by Population Authority staff, according to new report by Hotline for Refugees and Migrants
Laborer Dies in Israel's 21st Fatal Work Accident of 2019
Work accident fatalities stood at 18 at the same point a year prior ■ Activists say government failing to address problem
'They Ask What We Have Between Our Legs': A Third of Transgender Israelis Are Unemployed
As men, they had no problem getting jobs. But once they began wearing dresses and makeup, they were fired
Israel Police Launches First-ever Investigation Into Construction-site Deaths
Investigators from the Peles unit arrest seven suspects following death of Chinese worker in Ramle
LGBTQ Leaders: Netanyahu Told Us the Education Ministry Will Not Go to Far-right
For the second time, the prime minister contradicted his pledge to give the education portfolio to Habayit Hayehudi
Gender Doesn't Matter in Israeli Elections, They Said. New Research Proves Different
New election questionnaire finds women tend to lean to the left in the voting ballots, but when it comes to diplomacy and security, they're more hawkish than men
Israeli Justice Minister Seeks New Destination for Deporting Asylum Seekers
Sudanese and Eritrean nationals would be deported either 'voluntarily or by coercion,' Hayamin Hehadash Co-Chair Ayelet Shaked said
LGBT Voters Shifting to Gantz's Party From Labor and Meretz, Poll Finds
31 percent of voters plan to vote for Kahol Lavan while 23 percent will vote Meretz and 24 for Labor
Parliamentary Report Refutes Right-wing Lawmaker's Claims About Refugees in Israel
Likud MK who commissioned study hoped to prove European countries deport Eritrean asylum seekers en masse. Instead, it showed they approve vast majority of requests, compared with Israel's 0.1 percent
Court Orders Israeli Authorities to Explain Refusal to Grant Darfuri Refugees Temporary Residency
While asylum requests by Sudanese, which have been pending for years, are being processed, they 'deserve to live with dignity like in other countries,' says plaintiff
Four Construction Workers Killed in Workplace Accidents This Week
Moldovan man was 10th workplace fatality in Israel this year, third in the northern town of Harish in three days
Members of Israeli Government Team, Tasked With Vetting Asylum Requests From Darfuris, Resign
Top court says pace of handling requests 'unacceptable'
Two Laborers Killed, Three Injured in Four Separate Work Accidents in One Day
A 38-year-old died after being hit by a forklift while a 25-year-old man died after falling from the seventh floor of a construction site. The number of deadly construction site accidents this year now stands at 17