US EditionIsrael Restricts Palestinian Work Permits in West Bank Amid Security Concerns
About 90% of revoked permits remain unreturned, driving West Bank unemployment near 30%, deepening economic hardship for tens of thousands of Palestinians, experts and advocacy groups say.
- Some 100,000 Palestinians had their work permits revoked after a Hamas attack in October 2023, confining them to the occupied West Bank where jobs are scarce and wages low.
- Unemployed Palestinians have sold belongings, incurred debt, or paid steep fees for black-market permits to enter Israel for work, risking arrest.
- The World Bank warned the West Bank economy risks collapse due to Israel's restrictions, with unemployment surging to nearly 30% by late 2023 compared to around 12% before the Gaza war.
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Crisis in the West Bank: Palestinian Workers Struggle Amid Permit Revocations
Hanadi Abu Zant and thousands of Palestinians face an economic crisis in the West Bank after losing work permits in Israel. As living conditions worsen, options dwindle. The restrictions impact the region's economy, with unemployment rising and many resorting to black-market permits or risky crossings for work.
Winnipeg Free Press
Misery deepens in the West Bank as Israel provides few Palestinian work permits
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
Shuhrat Barghouti, a resident of the West Bank city of Tulkarem, shows us her empty refrigerator. She has no food to feed her children. They often go to bed hungry. The children often get sick because she cannot afford to heat the apartment, which she has also not paid the rent for two years. Barghouti’s husband spent five months in an Israeli prison for crossing the barrier. He was going to Israel to work. Before the war, the couple worked in I…
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