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Newly arrived Indian workers say abuse is common.

Crops are rotting near Gaza and Lebanon. Authorities are rushing in workers from India, Malawi and Sri Lanka to make up for the departure of Thais, the ban on Palestinians and the draft of Israelis

Despite political conflicts, Israelis and Palestinians remain economically intertwined, posing challenges to full separation.

Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza has also wreaked havoc on the Palestinian economy in the West Bank. In response to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war, Israel severed economic ties with the West Bank, barring tens of thousands of Palestinian workers from entering the country. In the four months since, the Palestinian economy in the West Bank has contracted by over one-fifth. One-third of businesses in the territory either closed or reduced production. And one-third of jobs were lost. Daily losses run to $25 million. Palestinians are running out of savings and racking up debt to buy food....

Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza has also wreaked havoc on the Palestinian economy in the West Bank. In response to Hamas' Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war, Israel severed economic ties with the West Bank, barring tens of thousands of Palestinian workers from entering the country. In the four months since, the Palestinian economy in the West Bank has contracted by over one-fifth. One-third of businesses in the territory either closed or reduced production. And one-third of jobs were lost. Daily losses run to $25 million. Palestinians are running out of savings and racking up debt to buy food....