The Jordan Valley settlements are perpetuating occupational violence, placing many Palestinians that work in agriculture outside Israeli labor law.
Israel’s Violations of Palestinian Workers’ Rights: COVID-19 and Systemic Abuse
The Israeli regime has been systematically violating the rights of Palestinian workers in Israel and its illegal settlements since 1967. How have these violations been exacerbated since the COVID-19 pandemic? This article examines Israel’s ongoing abuses of Palestinian workers’ labour and human rights.
In a year of pandemic, Palestinian workers grapple with a virus and an occupier
Six Palestinian workers share how the COVID-19 crisis has affected their livelihoods while navigating Israeli checkpoints, permits, and restrictions.
Palestinian workers: Caught between military occupation and unemployment
“The Palestinian labour market continues to present a grim picture. Unemployment is rampant and protection failing. Stifled by occupation, it can meet neither the needs nor the aspirations of the Palestinian people.” - Guy Ryder, ITUC Director-General
Exploited and Essential: Palestinian Labour under Covid-19
In this flash report, Who Profits examines the unique impact of Covid-19 and associated Israeli policies on Palestinian workers employed within the Green Line and the illegal settlements.
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.
50 Palestinian workers in a food plant in Atarot Industrial Zone go on strike
The workers seek to negotiate a collective agreement guaranteeing a raise in salary and improved working conditions
Israeli Company Fined for Paying Palestinian Workers 9 Shekels an Hour
Company operating in the West Bank fined 507,000 shekels (US$144,000) after a Labor and Social Affairs Ministry investigation.
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