Israel Looks to India for thousands of construction Workers

A delegation of "selectors" from Israel visited India last week, and another senior team is set to depart for India next week. Their mission is to initiate the recruitment process for thousands of workers, addressing the acute shortage faced by Israel's construction industry, as stated by a senior executive from the Israel Builders Association on Wednesday.

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"We will start the process in Delhi and Chennai next week on 27 December. At the moment we are looking to bring in 10,000 as per government approvals and this will scale up to 30,000 in the near future depending on how it goes. It is an ongoing exercise and will take months," Deputy Director General and Spokesperson for the Israel Builders Association (IBA), Shay Pauzner, told the media.

"The selection starting next week will last 10-15 days," Pauzner said.

A delegation led by Izchak Gurvitz, who heads the IBA's division dealing with workers' issues and the selection team, was in India last week and would be joining CEO Igal Slovik again next week with other members of the IBA team, he said.