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About 160,000 Palestinians from the West Bank working in Israel and in Jewish settlements have lost or are at risk of losing their jobs because of closed border
Many of the Palestinians worked as day laborers in Israel, or in Jewish settlements in the West Bank, and have been unable to travel to their jobs due to the closure of border crossings since Oct 7.
When Taha Amin-Ismail Khalifeh dialled into a conference call with his Israeli employer last month, the Palestinian...
When Taha Amin-Ismail Khalifeh dialled into a conference call with his Israeli employer last month, the Palestinian hotel worker expected a briefing on how the Israel-Hamas war was affecting business. Instead, he and 40 others were laid off. Khalifeh, who lives in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, had worked as a housekeeper in the hotel in East Jerusalem for more than 20 years.