Kav LaOved’s new report includes a selective list of Israeli companies in the West Bank which violate workers’ rights. While a small group of Palestinian workers this summer received confirmation from the Jerusalem Regional Court that their rights are protected under Israeli labor law, the Ministry of Economy fails to proactively prevent such abuses. Kav LaOved has published a new report describing this situation, including a selective list of Israeli companies in the Occupied Territories which have been sued by their Palestinian employees in recent years. The Even Bar case court victory described above was an important step in the right direction, but only compensates an extremely small fraction of the Palestinians caught in this unjust system.
Palestinians workers queuing in line waiting to pass the Bethlehem “300” checkpoint. The checkpoint is used by thousands of Palestinians forced to go through it on a daily basis on their way to Jerusalem and was built exclusively on the expropriated lands of Bethlehem residents (Photo: Activestills)
In producing this report, Kav LaOved “hopes that the information
published herein as an act of civil enforcement will lead to enhancement of enforcement by the state and stop the exploitation of Palestinian workers, which constitutes a fundamental role in the economy of the occupation.”
