Saturday, November 23, 2013

More Palestinians work in Israel

The number of Palestinians from the West Bank working Jewish settlements there and in Israel has increased from 96,000 in the first quarter of the year to 103,000 in the third quarter.

The numbers were released in a report by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. 51,000 of the Palestinian workers employed in Israel had work permits while 34,600 did not have permits, according to the report.

The bureau reported that there were 1.161 million people total in the Palestinian workforce: 761,000 in the West Bank and 400,000 in the Gaza Strip.


The number of unemployed Palestinians hit 275,000 individuals, 145,000 in the West Bank and 130,000 in Gaza. 

The unemployment rate in Gaza was 32.5% and in the West Bank the rate stood at 19.1%. 43.1% of the unemployed were between 20-24 years old and half of all people with academic degrees were unemployed. The report found that among Palestinian cities Hebron in the West Bank had the highest unemployment rate at 22.3% and Khan Younis was the unemployment leader in Gaza at 35.8%.

1 comment:

  1. The Palestinians working in Israel.The natural way to reach a piece.from the bottom to the top.no vicevers ! No with a help of EU and european community.

    regards Joseph

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