24 MO. LEASE so DOWN

Foreign Labor
Creates Problems

Jerusalem — Shimon Peres was
asked to express a wish for the
future. With a smile on his face
he voiced the hope that every
boy and girl in the country
would become a university
graduate. The audience ap-
plauded; but if his wish comes
true, one of Israel's grave prob-
lems will be even more serious-
ly compounded. Who will do all
the nation's work in occupations
known as Triple D: dangerous,
dirty, difficult?
In the last 20 years, the trend
has been developing to utilize
the labor of Arabs from Gaza,
Judea and Samaria. The latter
welcomed the opportunities to
earn a livelihood not available
back home. However, they be-
gan to become an unreliable
labor source as, under the in-
fluence of Muslim extremists,
they frequently absented them-
selves from work because of
protests, demonstrations and ob-
jections to various Israeli gov-
ernment political policies.
The situation became infi-
nitely worse when the wave of
violent acts made it necessary
for Israel to close the territories
for periods in an effort to stem
the infiltration of the terrorists.
Employers in Israel, desper-
ately short of working hands,
sought permits from the gov-
ernment to import labor from
abroad. A limited number of
such permits was granted, and
then more and more. The import
of labor has today become a big
business in itself, and at this mo-
ment it is estimated that there
are no less than some 200,000
foreign workers in the country,
about half of them illegally pre-
sent; and there is still demand
for more.
Where are they from? The list
is impressive. They come from
the Philippines, Latin America,
Romania, Thailand, Nigeria,
Ghana, Turkey, Ethiopia, Po-
land, Egypt, Zaire, Uganda,
India, among others.
The salaries paid to them are
very low by Israeli standards,
but in some cases as much as six
times more than what they
would have earned at home. The
employ of the foreigners is not
considered exploitation because
the money they earn and send
back to their families has be-
come an important element in
supporting weak national
economies. One expert estimates
that no less than half a million
people in impoverished coun-
tries now depend on Israel for
their livelihood.
What do they do? The ma-
jority serve as construction
workers. Others help out in
agriculture, in industry, in do-
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