Police minister said to push authorities to advance process, as state reportedly uninterested in pressing charges that may prevent suspects from leaving Israel

Anatoly Chubais, former deputy PM to Yeltsin and ex-Putin adviser, seen at Population Authority office in northern Israel, denies changing his status

Interior minister calls for patience as authorities begin monthlong project, accepting passport applicants without appointment to tackle backlog

For one month, Israelis will be able to show up to apply for or renew a passport at offices in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Beersheba and Haifa, which will stay open late

Interior Ministry body hopes to provide hundreds more meetings a day to solve issue, as networks of hackers and bots scoop up time slots, sell them for steep prices online

Israeli entry into US Visa Waiver Program conditioned on it allowing Palestinian-Americans to travel freely through country like other US citizens after decades of travel headaches

With backlog of a million pending renewals following pandemic, some pay hundreds of dollars as system is overwhelmed by hackers; authorities have thus far failed to solve matter

Border authorities at Ben Gurion Airport put David Eventov's wife and son on a plane to Turkey; 'Nobody saw her as a person,' he says

A wave of 3,000 new immigrants is underway, but many activists say the piecemeal operation only prolongs the saga and provides false hope to those who will never be let into Israel

Court rules family can enter Israel following 3-day detention at Ben Gurion Airport after 'controversial' interrogation in Russian rather than Ukrainian led to misunderstanding