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Arabs Await
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel's
continuing ban on Palestin-
ians from the administered
territories from entering
Israel proper has left some
23,000 Palestinian laborers
waiting to receive last mon-
th's paychecks.
Beyond the strain placed
on those who cannot reach
jobs in Israel proper is their
inability to collect back pay.
The government, for its
part, has suggested that
monies owed be sent directly
to workers in the territories.
But it appears that many
Jewish employers have been
taking advantage of the
closure to avoid paying their-
Palestinian employees.
Labor Minister Ora Namir
said she had instructed the
Employment Service to take
legal action against
employers who would not
honor wage commitments to
their workers.
An estimated 120,000 Pa-
lestinians crossed into Israel
proper on a daily basis
before the closure, which has
so far proven successful in
ending the wave of violence
that claimed 15 Jewish lives
last month.
The ban has been partially
lifted in recent days to allow
small numbers of Palestin-
ians to reach their jobs in
Israel, but only a trickle of
workers arrived last week.
Although the authorities
have issued 8,800 permits,
only 3,138 entered to work.
This seemed to be due to a
combination of reasons, in-
cluding permits not reaching
the laborers, bureaucracy
and local pressure on Pales-
tinians not to return to work
as long as the general ban
remains in place.
So far, the government has
allowed only Palestinian
farm workers to enter Israel.
By the beginning of next
week, permits were expected
to be given to workers in the
construction industry.
The intention is to grad-
ually lift the ban, beginning
with the heads of families
and veteran workers who
have no security record.
At the same time, the au-
thorities intend to create a
new infrastructure in the
territories which would pro-
vide much-needed jobs and
revenues in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip.
The Israeli Cabinet au-
thorized $40 million this
week for such projects,
which would enable the
employment of some 10,000
Palestinians inside the ter-
ritories.

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