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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Unemployed Palestinians in Gaza Give Up Studies for Israeli Wages

While plentiful before Hamas' 2007 ascension to power in Gaza, Israeli work permits for residents of the Palestinian enclave have been scarce in more recent years MOHAMMED ABED AFP

The moment Hussein got permission to work in Israel, the Palestinian resident of Gaza City said he was ready to quit university to seek the attractive wages offered for menial Israeli jobs.

"I felt that the doors of heaven were opened for me," said Hussein. Like other Gazans who have abandoned their studies to take low-skilled work inside Israel, embarrassment led him to ask that his full name be withheld.

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