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The captors used the foreign workers' passports to bypass the security checkpoints, for over a month.
This is in addition to a previous increase in the quota of 98,400 foreign workers.
The workers will fill jobs in agriculture, industry, hotels and restaurants.
The first group of Indian workers has already departed for Israel, Indian officials announced.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Before Oct. 7, more than 95,000 PA Arabs worked in Israel's building sector.
Israeli workers who might have filled the gaps have been called up for military reserve duty.
Foreign workers pick up the slack and farm the land down south, near the Gaza border.
Israel is talking with a number of countries to bring in workers for the construction and agriculture industries.
Since the war, most foreign workers have returned to their home countries, while Palestinian Authority workers are not allowed to enter Israel for security reasons.
Additional flights of workers for the agriculture and construction sectors are expected to arrive this week.
The law was drafted to incentivize foreign workers to leave Israel when their visas expired.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The plan is designed to help Israel meet its target of having 15 percent of its work force employed in the tech sector by 2026.
Immigration officials arrested 32 illegal foreign workers in Ashdod Sunday night, including 10 who were employed in a fish plant and another 10 in a bakery. All of them were from Ukraine, except for one from Russia, and of them were women. They will be deported after a hearing.
Ferocious typhoon winds tore through the Philippines and shut down the capital Wednesday, killing 11 in the country.
Interior Minister Gideon Sa'ar has approved permanent residency status in Israel for 221 children of foreign workers aged 8-23 and whose parents entered Israel with a legal visa or permit. Most of the children were born in Israel and all have been integrated into the Israeli education system. Their parents' countries of origin include Ghana, […]
June 26, 2026 
