Palestinian laborers

Foreign workers replace Palestinian labor in Israel, face hurdles

Restructuring of work permits and recruitment policies is reshaping construction, agriculture, and services while raising concerns about long-term economic and social effects.

|ByKEREN SETTON/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinian workers wait to enter Ma'aleh Adumim, February 23, 2023; illustrative.
Palestinian laborers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023.

Israel's cabinet agrees to continue ban on Palestinian workers

The decision to stall the entry of Palestinian workers was made for security reasons, especially following reports that Gazan workers supplied Hamas with key information for its attack.

|ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Palestinian laborers, who were in Israel during the Hamas October 7 attack, arrive at the Rafah border after being sent back by Israel to the strip, in the southern Gaza Strip, November 3, 2023.

Thousands of Gazan workers sent back from Israel, West Bank - witnesses

Some of the Gazan workers returned through the Kerem Shalom crossing east of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, they said.

|ByREUTERS
A Thai worker picks Etrogs, a citrus fruit used in rituals during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Sukkot, in a grove in the southern community of Nave, near the border with the Gaza Strip and Egypt, October 6, 2014

‘Coronavirus, war in Gaza could lead to housing crisis’

The government must immediately approve bringing in 30,000 foreign workers to prevent the collapse of the construction industry and a rise in housing prices.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

PA asks Palestinian workers in Israel to return amid coronavirus outbreak

All workers returning from Israel will have to stay at home in quarantine for 14 days. Those who show symptoms should contact their nearest health center immediately.

MARCH 24, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Palestinian woman, wearing a mask as a preventive measure against coronavirus, looks out of a car upon her return from abroad, at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip

Conflicting reports on death of Palestinian worker in police chase

Kamil was running from Israeli police in a Galilee town when he fell to his death, according to Wafa. After he was arrested, he lost consciousness and died, according to police.

APRIL 23, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Police capture weapons and drugs in raid in northern Israel.

Police target hundreds of Palestinian laborers ahead of Passover

Police didn't focus exclusively on people.

MARCH 27, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Border police officers in the A-Tur neighborhood of east Jerusalem

Israel to issue 20,000 more work permits to Palestinians

The increase will bring the number of permits to 100,000.

FEBRUARY 22, 2018ByDAN ZAKEN / GLOBES
A Palestinian man shows his permit to an Israeli border policeman at a checkpoint on the way to Jerusalem

Erdan: Don't let attack change work-permit policy

“We should not change the policy,” he said.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan