Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata diagnosed with coronavirus 2 days after faction meeting, but colleagues said not required to quarantine

News site quotes minister in Gantz's party arguing that while the proposal is right ethnically, it could backfire politically; Likud reportedly believes bill poses little threat

Gantz's Blue and White urged to support move, given budget standoff that could send country to elections; Lapid: ‘All that occupies’ PM is the criminal indictments against him

Opposition leaders say they'll back legislation that would bar PM from forming a government due to his indictment on graft charges

Many new arrivals cite anti-Semitism as the reason they left Europe: 'Neither I nor my children walked around the street with Jewish symbols'

Initiative pushed for by deputy minister Yevarkan as some 8,000 Ethiopians, separated from their families for over 20 years, wait in Ethiopia for Israel to allow them to immigrate

Group reports highest rate of North Americans applying to move to Israel since 2002; immigration minister predicts 90,000 new arrivals in 2020, compared to 35,000 last year

Immigration minister says the Jewish state expects arrival of some 90,000 immigrants in 2021, compared to 35,463 last year

Many black Israelis say they see a reflection of their own struggle in Floyd protests. Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata says Israel must, and can, become a beacon of progress

'I am excited to start my new life in Israel,' says one passenger of flight organized by Nefesh B'Nefesh group