The Israel Postal Company, from 1987 to 2006 operated as the Israel Postal Authority and currently doing business as Israel Post, is a postal company that provides postal services in Israel. Formerly a government-owned corporation, it was privatised in 2024.
Israel Post has 5,000 employees,[2] including 1,650 mail delivery staff and 2,000 postal clerks manning 700 post office branches around the country. It has a network of 4,262 mail boxes and 1,000 mail trucks. Some 2.5 million postal items are sorted every day.[3]
History
The Israel Postal Company has its roots in the postal system from the British Mandate period (1920-1948). In 1948, after the establishment of the State of Israel, the Ministry of Transportation was given responsibility for the provision of postal services in the country. In 1951, the Ministry of Postal Services was established, which later became the Ministry of Communications. Close to the British model, the services included delivery of letters, parcels, and telegrams, as well as telephone services. The Israeli Postal Bank opened in 1951.[4]