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In 2021, 7,000 Gazans held Israeli work or trade permits. In 2022, the permit quota was raised to 17,000, with a planned increase to 20,000. [6] The wages earned in Israel are significantly higher than what’s available within Gaza. For example, one permit holder mentioned that one month of work in Israel equals three years of work in Gaza. [2]
Palestinian workers in Israel (Hebrew: עובדים פלסטינים) are Palestinian citizens of the Palestinian Authority who are employed by Israeli citizens in the State of Israel and Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Most of them work as unskilled laborers in sectors such as agriculture and construction.
Prior to the October 7 attacks, about 18,000 Gazans had permits to cross into Israel and work, where they could earn significantly more than in Gaza. “Israel is severing all contact with Gaza.
There are fears for thousands of missing Palestinians after the Israeli government cancelled work permits for Gazans after the deadly Hamas attacks on 7 October.. Trade unions, officials and ...
The Gaza war began after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that for years ruled the territory, attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza ...
Permits to work in Israel can be revoked if a relative of the labourer is killed as a result of errant Israeli gunfire. When press photographer Amjad al-Alaami of Beit Ummar was shot in the head while standing in his doorway in March 2002, his brother Muayyad was denied a permit to work in Israel because Shin Beit considered him a security risk ...
Charter flight for US citizens fleeing Israel lands in Athens ... Innocent Gazans will die, UK Israeli embassy admits ... its water plant and public water networks stopped working. Many Gazans are ...
Israel has conditioned its lifting of the blockade with the return of the hostages abducted by Hamas, [3] which has been criticized as collective punishment and an apparent war crime. [4] Later, Israel eased the complete blockade, but still continued to severely restrict the amount of aid entering the Gaza Strip.