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Reuters
Reuters
Business
Steven Scheer

Israel to let more Palestinians work in manufacturing to fill labour shortage

FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian worker holds up his ID card as he is processed after entering Israel through the Erez Crossing, on the border with Gaza, February 20, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel's cabinet approved issuing 3,500 additional permits for Palestinian workers in Israel's manufacturing and services sectors, increasing the number to 12,000 to help relieve a shortage of skilled staff, the Economy Ministry said on Sunday.

Workers from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, territories which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East War, require permits to cross checkpoints and enter Israel where wages are higher.

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