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TPS: Israel Reaches Pay Deal for Police Officers After Decade of Negotiations

After ten years of talks, Israel's Police Commissioner and Ministry of Finance have agreed to salary raises for officers, including enhanced pay for Border.

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Jerusalem, 17 September, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Police Commissioner Danny Levy reached agreements with the Ministry of Finance to raise salaries for officers across several ranks, following roughly a decade of stalled negotiations.

Under the deal, Border Police headquarters staff in the West Bank will receive higher activity-level compensation, crime scene investigators will be promoted to a higher pay grade, and traffic accident examiners will receive a monthly pension payment of 2,000 shekels (about $540).

Identification officers will see their existing pay status formalized, while new mobile laboratory identification officers hired going forward will receive a new activity-level classification along with the same monthly pension benefit.

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Friday, 18 September 2026 Updated continuously