Ministry of transport

40 million passengers a year: Ben Gurion Airport launches major expansion of Terminal 3

The expansion of Terminal 3 will include a new 63,000-square-meter wing, 86 additional check-in counters, advanced baggage screening and sorting systems, and new retail and passenger service areas.

Expansion of Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport.
A person rides on a scooter as smoke rises in the Fujairah oil industry zone following a fire caused by debris after interception of a drone by air defenses, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, March 3, 2026

National Security Council issues warning for Israelis in UAE amid Iranian threat

Passengers at the Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv on September 18, 2025.

Israel to build new international airport in Negev, PMO announces

AN EL AL flight takes off, 14 July, 2025,

Israel’s aviation rebounds in 2025 with 33% increase in passengers


Israel Transportation Ministry warns buses who deliberately skip stops

While this is the first official acknowledgment and reprimand by the Transportation Ministry, anecdotal evidence of these violations by bus operators is abundant around the Israeli population.

An Egged bus in front of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station

Elbit's Hermes Starliner UAS certified to fly in civilian airspace

International aviation regulation prohibits uncertified aircraft from flying in civilian airspace, but with the certification, the Starliner will no longer be restricted.

 Elbit's Hermes Starliner UAS

‘Encourage installation of new safety systems in cars,' expert tells transport minister

Shimon Sudai, chairman of the Association of Transportation Safety Officers In Israel, told Transport Minister Merav Michaeli that two main issues have to be addressed to reduce road deaths.

 TRAFFIC JAMS on the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv.

Israel’s public transportation is about to get a facelift - Michaeli

'Public transportation is a wonderful thing, but we've started to see the gap between where it's useful and where it's wildly inconvenient,' Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli said on Monday.

Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli at a briefing to reporters, October 11, 2021.

Prosecution oversight czar report: Increase in justified complaints

Justice Ministry oversight czar David Rozen issued his annual report on Monday, stating that the number of justified complaints against prosecutors and police had increased.

Israeli police officers guard at the entrance to a neighborhood in the northern Israeli city of Tiberias, June 24, 2020, during a closure on some neighborhood in the city following the spread of the Coronavirus.

'It will cost lives,' says child rights group on car seat reform delay

The new regulations, demanding the installation of a safety system against forgetting children in cars, were set to come into effect on August 1 but were postponed to June 2022.

Modi'in Illit infant in car

Sustainable transportation: NIS 6.5 m. electric transit system coming to Israel

The venture to improve Israel’s carbon footprint with cleaner methods of transportation will be a joint project shared between the Transportation, Environmental Protection, and Energy Ministries.

Minister of Transportation, Merav Michaeli seen during a visit at a train station in Tel Aviv on June 16, 2021

Michaeli outlines five point plan for Israel's Transportation Ministry

Transferring certain authorities to local councils would allow municipilities to individually conclude whether they would prefer to run public transportation services during Shabbat.

Labor leader Merav Michaeli.

Rav Kav travel cards to be reinstated for east Jerusalem residents

Residents of east Jerusalem have not been able to use Rav Kav cards since the beginning of 2020 after then-transportation minister Bezalel Smotrich announced an expected year-long pause.

Rav Kav 521

New safety system will prevent children from being forgotten in cars

Police will begin enforcing the new reform in January next year, in order to allow drivers to prepare in advance.

The ImprisWay device used in driving