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Palestinians working in Israel left jobless, without benefits, by virus

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Published: 27 March 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

As West Bank reports first death, workers request access to sick leave fund; shoemaker who started West Bank’s only mask factory is now producing thousands of masks a day

Palestinians employed in Israel left jobless, without benefits, by coronavirus (Haaretz)
A request to allow West Bank residents to draw on a fund that has financed their sick leave is under consideration

Palestinians report first coronavirus fatality (Jerusalem Post)
Abbas praises China's 'big victory' over pandemic

Palestinians leave jobs in Israel, citing coronavirus risk (Ynet)
Special arrangements made for tens of thousands of Palestinians; situation could effectively shut down Israel's construction industry, which is heavily reliant on Palestinian labour

How a Palestinian shoemaker started the West Bank’s only mask factory overnight (972)
What started as an experiment days after the coronavirus outbreak in the West Bank is now a factory producing thousands of masks a day

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Israel abandons suspected Palestinian coronavirus patient at West Bank checkpoint (Haaretz)
Man working in Israel without a permit was reported to authorities after being treated at Ichilov hospital and taken to the checkpoint where he immediately collapsed

Photo: Amjad Zaghir, the only mask manufacturer in the West Bank, at his Hebron factory (Courtesy Amjad Zaghir)
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