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Outcry from merchants forces PA to loosen West Bank lockdown

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Published: 17 July 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Economic woes take precedence over fear of infection; Palestinian workers forced to sleep in trash-sorting plant because employers feared lockdown

After outcry from business owners, PA loosens West Bank lockdown restrictions (Times of Israel)
Even as coronavirus cases mount, economic woes takes precedence for some Palestinians over fear of infection; hospitals report shortages of testing kits, ventilators

Palestinian workers forced to sleep in trash-sorting plant because employers feared coronavirus lockdown (Haaretz)
Workers say they slept in inadequate conditions which violate hygiene standards, and believe management is trying to break up their efforts to organize

Gaza residents on trips abroad can't return home amid coronavirus crisis (Haaretz)
In the midst of the coronavirus and after the end of the Palestinian authority's coordination with Israel, some Gazans have been stuck abroad

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With flights grounded, Indians who work in Israel are unable to get back to their jobs (JTA)

Photo: A child sells watermelons in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, on July 13 (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)
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