Expat

High Court dismisses petition by expatriates seeking to vote in upcoming election

The petition was filed by some 100 expatriate Israelis challenging their exclusion from the voter rolls under an Interior Ministry classification known as “Code 51.”

|ByDEBORAH DANAN/JTA
Chief Justice Esther Hayut and fellow Israeli Supreme Court judges at the High Court in Jerusalem
Members of the Likud party gather at a polling station for the primary elections of their party ahead of the country’s national elections, in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026.

Israeli citizens abroad push to gain voting rights for upcoming elections

Israelis whom the government classifies as nonresidents are assigned a designation known as "Code 51" and removed from the voter registry, even though they retain their citizenship.

|ByNATASHA MOZGOVAYA/JTA
Travelers are seen at the departure hall of the Ben-Gurion Airport on April 4, 2023; illustrative

Hollowing out: Israeli emigration proves social, political cracks are widening - editorial

The emigration surge is a symptom and a warning of social fracture, demographic vulnerability, and spiritual drift.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Guests at the Israeli Hug Center watch a live stream of the Israeli national memorial ceremony for Oct. 7.

Support group for Israeli expats in New York offers programs in Hebrew, hugs and comforts of home

Initially founded to provide immediate relief for Israeli families arriving to the New York area after Oct.7, one year into its existence the Israeli Hug Center has evolved into a full-fledged org.

|ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA

Expats come to Israel for the Gaza war

Reserve soldiers from abroad drop everything to help out their country.

NOVEMBER 18, 2023ByLINDA GRADSTEIN
SOLDIERS TAKE PART in an operation in Gaza yesterday.

Smotrich walks back Huwara comments during US visit

Before the rally, several Israeli entrepreneurs voiced concerns about the “grave risk to [the] start-up nation” during a press conference.

MARCH 13, 2023ByOMRI NAHMIAS, TOVAH LAZAROFF
Finance Minister and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich at a conference of the Religious Zionist Party, in Jerusalem, February 19, 2023.

Cautious but determined, Israeli expats protest Netanyahu’s government

Israeli expatriates have been coming together in cities worldwide to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new right-wing coalition and its proposed judicial reforms to reduce powers of the Supreme Court, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 21, 2023.

Israeli expats, Jewish communities around world protest against Israeli reforms

The organizers of the rallies said they "oppose the attack on the judicial system and its subjugation to politicians."

FEBRUARY 4, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A protester holds a torch during a demonstration against proposed judicial reforms by Israel's new right-wing government in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 28, 2023.

Over 40% of Israeli Americans don’t plan on returning to Israel - survey

IAC CEO Shoham Nicolet: "If these Israelis have decided to stay in the US, it means that they have to look at their children's future and plan accordingly."

JANUARY 3, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
IAC Rally in New York to show solidarity with Israel during Guardian of the Walls Operation May 2021.

Israeli toddler attacked by coyote in LA

The child was taken to the hospital where her injuries were treated and she was given multiple rabies shots. 

DECEMBER 6, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A coyote in Yosemite National Park, California, US.

Bahrain offers permanent residency to eligible foreigners

Nasser Ali, a Bahraini real estate expert, said that opening up to more permanent residency will increase real estate trading in Bahrain.

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByHUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE
City view of Bahrain's capital Manama

Expat Americans in Israel, West Bank share traditions of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is the quintessential American holiday, and Americans living around the world pull out the stops to celebrate.

NOVEMBER 24, 2021ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE, MOHAMMAD AL-KASSIM/THE MEDIA LINE
Thanksgiving reminds us of the enduring power of Judaism to enrich the human condition.

The Great Gulf Citizenship Competition -analysis

In a quest to advance their economies, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have begun to offer citizenship to a few select foreigners.

NOVEMBER 19, 2021ByKSENIA SVETLOVA/THE MEDIA LINE
SAUDI ARABIA’S envoy and other Gulf states gather in Kuwait in 2017.

US Election 2020 - To vote or not to vote when you’re an American expat

We asked a cross-section of olim from the US about their reasons to vote, or not, in the presidential election this coming November.

OCTOBER 5, 2020ByRIVKAH LAMBERT ADLER
More than half of eligible American voters living in Israel voted in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections