Palestinian workers: Caught between military occupation and unemployment

Palestinian workers hurry at dawn to reach the Ni’lin checkpoint, west of Ramallah, to cross into Israel on a border permit. Many who do not have the permission of the Israeli army cross illegally anyway, in order to find work on the other side of the Green Line which separates the occupied Palestinian territories from the state of Israel. [Photo: Qassam Muaddi]

Caught between military occupation and unemployment, Palestinians continue to work in the Israeli economy without full labour rights

27 November 2020, by Qassam Muaddi, Equal Times

It is four in the morning and heavy rain washes the deserted alleys of the village of Al Midiah, west of Ramallah. A white minibus makes its way through in the darkness between the stone houses, towards the olive groves, at the western end of the village. The vehicle stops with a sudden jerk of the brake and 10 young people get out. They rush over the wet ground of a dirt road, between the prickly pears. The oldest, Mohammad, is 33 years old, with a backpack, a hood over his head, and a packet of tobacco in his hand. These young Palestinians will attempt to cross the Green Line, separating the occupied West Bank and Israel, illegally. Israel’s concrete separation wall comes to an end before Al Midiah. Here, the Green Line is marked by barbed wire that crosses the valley and in which workers regularly make holes to cross – at the risk of finding the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) patrolling the other side.

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