Qalandia checkpoint (Photo: Activestills)

Transporting Palestinian workers inside Israel is now a crime – and that goes for taxi drivers too

The Knesset on Wednesday authorized on its second and third readings a law that codifies the criminalization of transporting “illegal workers” from the Palestinian Authority within Israel. The law specifies fines and jail time for such offenses under certain circumstances. According to the emergency order, any Israeli who transport a Palestinian worker without the appropriate…