ארכיון Arab women - ארגון העובדים מען

The East Jerusalem Project

Proof of Residency – a Success Story from East Jerusalem

Rana, a 20-year-old woman from Jabal al-Mukabbir in East Jerusalem, is married to a Jerusalem resident. On April 26, 2024, she gave birth to her first child. As a permanent resident of Jerusalem, Rana expected to receive a birth grant and child allowance from the National Insurance Institute (NII). However, when no payment arrived, her sister advised her to contact MAAN Workers Association.

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21/07/2025

The Women’s Project

Hands Dipped in Honey

“The Beduin woman is like a bee,” says Najala Suleimani, a social worker from the Zarzir Bedouin settlement in the Galilee. “All day long she walks around cleaning and at the end of the day she falls asleep half dead. Then she is asked ‘What have you done all day?’ She is just like the bee, who produces half a teaspoon of honey in a lifetime.”

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13/07/2025

Arab women

A Cosmic Experience at the Bee Freedom Farm

Not every day do you have a cosmic experience — but that’s what happened to the women at the biodynamic beekeeping course on April 7th at the Bee Freedom Farm near Jerusalem.

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21/04/2025

Newsletter

Palestinian Workers in Time of War

With no work, and no Israeli or Palestinian social safety net, 200,000 Palestinian workers in the West Bank paid a heavy price for the October 7 war.

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23/02/2025

The East Jerusalem Project

Hadaya’s case: She had to leave her job for health reasons. With support from MAAN she received all her rights as a laid-off employee

Hadaya, 58, a woman from East Jerusalem, is the sole provider for her family. Her six children depend on her. She did not want to leave her job, but due to her deteriorating health she could not continue working. With the help of MAAN – Workers Association, she received the full severance pay that is due to someone who resigns due to a medical condition, and secured her entitlement to unemployment benefits from day one.

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27/01/2025

The East Jerusalem Project

Harassed at work by a supervisor, fired illegally, threatened, but overcame her fears, and succeeded.

Have you ever felt that your supervisor treated you like a piece of trash? Intisar (not her real name) experienced this situation over and over again. She is a Palestinian who worked in a factory located in the outskirts of Jerusalem since August 1, 2023.

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24/10/2024

Palestinian Workers

Precedent: A Palestinian woman sued an Israeli company for Sexual Harassment and Won

On October 6, 2024, the verdict of the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court (presided by Judge Rachel Berg Hirshberg) was published, concerning a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee of the “Maya Food Industries Ltd.” factory in Mishor Adumim (Area C of the West Bank).

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15/10/2024

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New Beekeepers Receive their Diploma and Join the “Bees for Peace” Family

The smiles on the faces of the 17 graduates of the beekeeping course were uplifting. The buzz in the room even resembled the hum of a beehive. Since the course ended in June, these women have been busy maintaining the beehive each received for her home. The certificate ceremony took place on September 9 at the “MAAN Workers’ Association branch in Baqa al-Gharbiya, attended by course graduates, the project’s leading team, and members of the MAAN’s women’s forum.

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19/09/2024

The Women’s Project

Protecting the Bees and Empowering Women

A course on biodynamic beekeeping ended in June of 2024 in the village of Baqa al-Gharbia, where 17 graduates each received a hive containing a queen and a swarm of bees. The course, which began in February under the guidance of educator and expert Yossi Aud, founder of the Bees for Peace project, took place at the MAAN Workers Association’s Center in the Triangle region, managed by Wafa Tiara.

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13/08/2024

Newsletter

MAAN Newsletter August 2024

Israeli Policy Towards Palestinian Workers is wrong and Full of Contradictions, as it severely harms their need to make a living, and on the other hand, it destroys the Israeli economy without providing realistic alternatives.

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06/08/2024

Arab women

Hands Dipped in Honey

A Cosmic Experience at the Bee Freedom Farm

Hadaya’s case: She had to leave her job for health reasons. With support from MAAN she received all her rights as a laid-off employee

Harassed at work by a supervisor, fired illegally, threatened, but overcame her fears, and succeeded.

Precedent: A Palestinian woman sued an Israeli company for Sexual Harassment and Won

New Beekeepers Receive their Diploma and Join the “Bees for Peace” Family

Protecting the Bees and Empowering Women

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