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Israeli forces prevent the residents of the Palestinian village of Az-Zuweidin from grazing on their private pastures and arrest three Palestinians, southern West Bank, May 4, 2024. (Omri Eran Vardi/Activestills)

In the West Bank, Palestinian unemployment is now Israeli policy

After October 7, Israel revoked the work permits of more than 150,000 Palestinians. On top of spiraling settler attacks, my village faces financial ruin.

By Haitham S. January 21, 2025

Palestinians enjoy the beach on the shores of Gaza City during the summer vacation, Gaza Strip, June 28, 2019. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills)

No electricity, jobs, or freedom: 36 hours in Gaza

An electricity company overcharging for little power. Class gaps and struggles to find work. A seaside restricted by the blockade. How do Gazans do it?

By Samah Salaime September 3, 2023

Screenshot from Gaza's Generation Y. (Social TV)

Gaza’s Generation Y

What does life look like for the youth of Gaza? What do they laugh about? Sing and write about? What do they dream of? Four young Palestinians from Gaza try and give an Israeli reporter a taste of what it means to walk in their shoes.

By Social TV April 23, 2018

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Illustrative photo of an impoverished family (Shutterstock.com)

Small gods with big sticks at the unemployment office

How is it that a civil servant’s whim, impression or impulse can shatter an entire family’s lives? Some people, pushed and pushed into the corner, can’t take it anymore. By Yudit Ilany When the Israeli Employment Service (the unemployment office) registers somebody as “uncooperative,” all social security payments are automatically suspended for two months. This…

By Haokets October 29, 2014

Madrid street after police cleared protesters, 14 Nov 2012 (photo: Roee Ruttenberg)

WATCH: Spanish protesters join European demonstrations against austerity

Madrid, Spain – Thousands of demonstrators took the streets of nearly a dozen Spanish cities on Wednesday, protesting against government plans to cut spending in ways they say unfairly target the poor and working classes. WATCH Roee Ruttenberg reporting from Madrid.

By Roee Ruttenberg November 14, 2012

A dangerous position

Despite the onslaught of discriminatory legislation and racist declarations by public leaders, empirical data suggests that the government of Israel is closing the gaps between its Jewish and Arab citizens in many fields. The refusal to recognize those changes is dangerous and counter-productive. By Ron Gerlitz and Batya Kallus The policies of the current government and Knesset in relation…

By +972 Magazine October 19, 2012

Oops: Unemployment in Israel ‘leaps’ by 20% overnight

The Central Bureau of Statistics announced it is changing its criteria for calculating unemployment. On the new list: Arab communities. Off the list: IDF conscripts who are now considered “employed” . The result: A quantum leap of 20 percent. This isn’t even an April Fools joke. I wish it was. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics…

By Dimi Reider April 1, 2012