provided by MAAN.
MAAN’s Executive Director, Assaf Adiv, is quoted extensively in the article, where he explains that MAAN works with tens of workers activists in the West Bank as part of our effort to change the decision to bar the entrance of workers and force Israel to allow them to go back to their jobs.
How the West Bank barrier became a perilous obstacle to work for Palestinians
How the West Bank barrier became a perilous obstacle to work for Palestinians
Shaimaa, a 38-year-old divorced mother from East Jerusalem, and the sole breadwinner for her family, came to MAAN during May 2026, after a bureaucratic error left her without the benefits she was entitled to.
Jana, a Jerusalem resident married to a resident of the Palestinian Authority, became the sole breadwinner for her family after October 7. Her husband had worked legally in Israel with a work permit for years, but after Palestinian workers were prevented from entering Israel, he lost the ability to work. The family, which lives in Jerusalem, was left in a very difficult economic situation.
MAAN Workers Association is pleased to publish a new English-language Guide to Israeli Labor Law, designed to make essential information about workplace rights accessible to Palestinian workers, trade unions, legal professionals and civil society organizations.
Three labor and human rights organizations have called on the Israeli government’s Director-Generals Committee, which is responsible for approving quotas for migrant workers, to stop holding its discussions behind closed doors and allow meaningful public participation in its decisions.
Thanks to the assistance of MAAN, Salma, an elderly divorced woman from East Jerusalem, with no source of income other than her old-age pension, was awarded a permanent monthly income supplement and received ₪82,375 ($27,500) in retroactive payments from Israel’s National Insurance Institute.
The collective agreement signed by MAAN Workers Association with Levi Metal & Wood Ltd. in the Mishor Adumim Industrial Zone secures workers’ rights and improves the employment conditions of 40 Palestinian employees at the company.
