Tag: Employment
IDF increases number of Palestinians eligible to work inside Israel
The Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, informed Palestinian Authority senior officials of a rise in the number of Palestinians eligible to work in Israel, the Israel Defense...
‘Times’ posts job listing for ‘Palestinian affairs’ reporter
The New York Times announced on Wednesday that it is seeking to hire a full-time reporter to cover Palestinian affairs.
“The reporter will focus on Palestinian politics, culture and life in the Gaza Strip and West Bank,” including...
Edelstein visits Barkan rubber factory, stresses joint Israeli-Arab employment
Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein and Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan visited a factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday that started a new production line for...
Rivlin, tech leaders meet with Israeli haredim as numbers in industry rise
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin met with haredim involved in the Israeli high-tech industry on Tuesday in the backdrop of a report noting a 52 percent jump in the number of Torah-observant workers in the field since...
Safe-grenade production program up and running at disability center
A housing complex for adults with learning disabilities has begun producing a key component in a grenade that is able to withstand gunfire without detonating.
The Rimon (Grenade) Center was inaugurated earlier this month at...
Jewish groups react to Supreme Court ruling protecting religious freedoms in hiring
Jewish groups expressed mixed reactions to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday after it considered multiple cases on protection for religious schools against employment discrimination claims.
Writing for the 7-2 majority in the combination...
How corona has disrupted the lives of young adults with disabilities, who thrive on...
Max Wagenberg had enough of coronavirus. According to his mother, Helene Richter, the 21-year-old minimally verbal Manhattan resident with autism, searched for and found an “escape strategy” from the pandemic. “Last night, he came...
RavTech educational model engages haredim in workforce after studies
The American prison population and Israeli ultra-Orthodox may not seem to have much in common; however, a recently developed educational model ties the two together, each with the goal of integration into a wider...
Report: Palestinian workers prefer to work for Israeli employers
The United Nations “blacklist” of businesses operating in Israeli settlements was lauded by the Palestinian leadership following its publication last week, but a recent report indicates that Palestinians actually prefer to work for Israelis...
Israelis and Palestinians consider how annexation of Jordan Valley could affect them
With campaigns under way before the third round of Israeli elections within a year on March 2, Likud officials, and the Blue and White Party, have repeatedly made statements over the past few weeks...