Palestinian labor

Adla Ayad, a worker at the 'Mevashlim Bishvilech' factory in the industrial zone of the West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim, seen during a workers solidarity meeting, December 5, 2019. (Activestills.org)

Exploited and underpaid, Palestinian women are fighting back in the workplace

Subject to below minimum wage jobs, no pay slips, and arbitrary layoffs in Israeli settlements, Palestinian women under occupation are learning more about their rights and are beginning to unionize.

By Judith Sudilovsky December 8, 2019

Hatem Abu Ziadeh (Photo courtesy of WAC-MAAN)

How to stop Palestinians unionizing: Security, security, security

When Palestinian workers at the Tzarfati garage in the West Bank settlement of Mishor Adumim unionized, management made up criminal accusations against the Palestinian chairman of the workers’ committee, exploiting the hostile war-time environment at the time. Management brought in the army, the police, and sent him to military court — resulting in the revocation…

By +972 Magazine January 28, 2015

Palestinian workers board a new segregated bus line at the Eyal checkpoint, March 4, 2012.

Segregating the evening commute to the West Bank

Jews and Palestinians who commute from the West Bank to work in central Israel each day will soon ride separate buses home. Let’s not give too much credit to Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, however. The decision to segregate the evening commute wasn’t all that creative. He only completed his predecessors’ decision to segregate the morning commute.…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 26, 2014

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Palestinian youth working under precarious conditions below the minimum wage on plantations in the Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim, Jordan Valley, March 4th, 2009. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Resource: No enforcement of labor law in the West Bank

A small group of Palestinian workers this summer received confirmation from the Jerusalem Regional Court that their rights are protected under Israeli labor law. Meanwhile, Israel’s Ministry of Economy is failing to proactively prevent such abuses. Kav LaOved has published a new report describing this situation, including a selective list of Israeli companies in the…

By +972 Resources October 31, 2013

Palestinian youth working under precarious conditions, under the minimum wage on plantations in the Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim, Jordan Valley, March 21st, 2009. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

What’s behind Israel’s biggest economic boom? The occupation

The period of Israel’s history that by far saw the largest economic growth, more than any other, was the six years following the Six Day War. And what agricultural, industrial, or hi-tech breakthroughs took place around 1967-1973? None worthy of mention. More than any other single factor, it was the establishment of the Occupation-Settlement Enterprise.…

By Haokets October 28, 2013