Occupation Police Arrest 100 Workers in Jaffa within the 1948 Territories

Sada News - The Israeli occupation police arrested more than 100 Palestinian workers from the West Bank in the city of Jaffa within the 1948 territories, due to their lack of work permits.

The Secretary-General of the General Union of Palestinian Workers, Shaher Saad, stated that the Israeli government has been pursuing Palestinian workers and preventing them from working inside the 1948 territories for nearly two years, forcing them to take dangerous routes through "death openings" or to jump over the separation wall, amid a lack of alternatives in the Palestinian labor market, weak commercial activity, as well as the confiscation of clearance funds and the suspension of public employees' salaries, which has plunged the Palestinian economy into a suffocating state.

Saad pointed out that these policies have had a catastrophic impact on the lives of Palestinian workers, with 38 workers having been martyred since the beginning of the aggression against our people in October 2023, while more than 12,000 cases of arrest have been recorded for workers attempting to reach their workplaces or while they were present there.

He added that unemployment rates in Palestine have reached unprecedented levels, with the number of unemployed workers reaching about 510,000, posing a serious threat to the social and living security of Palestinian families.

Saad called on the international community to intervene immediately to stop these violations and to secure the right of Palestinian workers to work freely and with dignity, as it is an inherent right guaranteed by international laws and charters.