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Palestinian Workers

Instead of Showy Arrests, Let Palestinian Workers Return to Construction

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah, which came into effect on Wednesday, November 27, marks the end of the war in Lebanon. If it holds, a period of reconstruction will begin, bringing a dramatic increase in the need for workers in the construction sector. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Palestinians are waiting for the government to allow them back into construction sites in Israel. Thousands of contractors are also desperate for skilled labor, reporting that the foreign workers they have managed to recruit are too few and insufficiently trained.

02/12/2024

Palestinian Workers

COGAT Obstructs Entry of Palestinian Workers Essential for Olive Harvesting

For years, Israel’s olive harvest has relied on 10,000 Palestinian workers (usually some 3000 families) from the West Bank who receive permits to work in Israel in the season. The sector employs these workers each year to pick tens of thousands of tons of olives from September to December, in groves stretching from the Negev to the Upper Galilee.

17/09/2024

Palestinian Workers

Two labour Federations – Histadrut and Histadrut Leumit – Turn Their Backs on Palestinian Workers

In light of the total lockdown on the entry of Palestinian workers since the beginning of the war, two major labor organizations in Israel adopted a negative stance towards the return of Palestinian workers to their work in Israel.

01/08/2024

Palestinian Workers

MAAN updates EU delegation on its efforts to return Palestinian Workers to work in Israel

An Introduction by Assaf Adiv, Executive Director of MAAN, to the Briefing at the EU premises with foreign delegations March 11th – in Tel Aviv

12/03/2024

Palestinian Workers

The War in Gaza Brings Severe Poverty and Despair to the West Bank

Journalist Hagar Sheizaf of Haaretz collaborated with MAAN to give a compelling presentation on the dire situation of Palestinian workers out of work for four months due to the war. Sheizaf quotes Assaf Adiv, MAAN’s Executive Director and also workers affiliated with MAAN who worked in Israel for dozens of years. These workers bare no responsibility for the October 7 terrorist attack, yet they pay the price. All of them demand to go back to their work places in Israel for the benefit of all.

01/02/2024

Palestinian Workers

Ban of Palestinian workers creates powder keg in the West Bank

After more than three months during which the checkpoints were closed, and about 200,000 Palestinian workers were suspended from working in Israel, a significant crack has finally opened. In the government meeting of January 14th, a plan was formulated to allow the entry of Palestinian workers aged at least 45 who have undergone a security check and possess entry permits to Israel.

17/01/2024

Palestinian Workers

Open the Gates of Israel for the Return of Palestinian Workers!

The banning of 200,000 Palestinian workers from working in Israel has become a political contention point of the extreme right wing ministers who want to use the war in Gaza to implement their racist agenda.

03/01/2024

News

100,000 workers are prevented from their work in Israel. “We are on the verge of a collapse of the Palestinian economy”

Due to the blockade imposed on the territories since the outbreak of the war, approximately 100,000 Palestinian workers cannot work in Israel and are left without income or a social safety net.

19/11/2023

Trade Union

Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”

Workers of the Ta’aman food company at Mishor Adumim in the occupied West Bank have been on strike since Sunday, Dec 5, 2021. On Dec 6, they also held a solidarity meeting at Almog Junction near Jericho with the participation of the MAAN Workers Association that represents them.

08/12/2021

The basic right that Palestinian workers do not have

Thousands of Palestinians, mostly young men and women, went out

11/07/2021

Instead of Showy Arrests, Let Palestinian Workers Return to Construction

COGAT Obstructs Entry of Palestinian Workers Essential for Olive Harvesting

Two labour Federations – Histadrut and Histadrut Leumit – Turn Their Backs on Palestinian Workers

MAAN updates EU delegation on its efforts to return Palestinian Workers to work in Israel

The War in Gaza Brings Severe Poverty and Despair to the West Bank

Ban of Palestinian workers creates powder keg in the West Bank

Open the Gates of Israel for the Return of Palestinian Workers!

100,000 workers are prevented from their work in Israel. “We are on the verge of a collapse of the Palestinian economy”

Ta’aman workers on strike: “We are determined to reach a collective agreement ensuring our rights”

The basic right that Palestinian workers do not have

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